Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet

VAITHEESWARAN, VIJAY V.

ISBN 10: 0374236755 / ISBN 13: 9780374236755

Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc, 2003

About this Item

- First Edition - Signed dedication to the title page - Top edges of borads a little faded - Spine ends and corners bumped - Edges of text block foxed - Dustwrapper unevenly faded w/ edges creased and rubbed - Book ow/ solid, clean and tight - 358 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374236755
• ISBN 13: 9780374236755
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Climate
  • Science

About this title

Synopsis

The energy debate typically consists of three camps who alternately argue that energy security is not necessary to worry about, that it is a threat but it can be addressed through developing non-OPEC sources of oil, or that it can only be addressed through conservation measures. The contending "relax, keep pumping, and ride your bicycle" camps all get it wrong, argues Vaitheeswaran (the energy and environmental correspondent for The Economist ). The solution to energy security, he believes, lies in the promotion of fuel cells and other technologies that will be unleashed by liberalized market forces, leading to a world in which micropower will be the number one source of energy for households and industry. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author

Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran is The Economist's Environment and Energy Correspondent, covering developments in politics, economics, business, and technology as they relate to energy issues. He has received awards for his journalism, and previously wrote about Latin America as the magazine's regional bureau chief in Mexico City. Born in Madras, India, he grew up in Cheshire, Connecticut and graduated from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering. He now lives in New York.