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RECORD NUMBER: 531 OF 596Main Title | The green guide to power : thinking outside the grid / | |||||||||||
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Author | Bowman, Ronald H., | |||||||||||
Publisher | BookSurge.com, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2008 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 317626873 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 1439207690; 9781439207697 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Renewable energy sources ; Power resources ; Electric power systems | |||||||||||
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Collation | 269 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-223) and index. |
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Contents Notes | History of power in the United States: green is the new red, white, and blue -- Generating sources: thinking outside the grid -- Centralized and decentralized power generation: just in time solutions -- Post deregulation realities: follow the money -- Best practices of power conservation and creation: in search of "negawatts" -- Data center and mission critical power needs: the impact of Moore's law -- Farmatopia or Framageddon: sustainable and commercially viable power sources -- Financial impact of the changing power paradigm: green gold -- Global warming: the cost of doing business moving forward: plan now or pay later -- The government's role: leading or following -- Acts of God, human intervention and power: a perfect storm forming -- Abstract of the energy benefits for the Emergency Stabilization Act of 2008. |