A declaration of energy independence how freedom from foreign oil can improve national security, our economy, and the environment / Jay Hakes.
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Hoboken, N.J. :
J. Wiley,
c2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. 1. The problem of America's energy dependence. America's plunge into reliance on foreign oil
- A forgotten victory gives hope : how America solved its last energy crisis and cut oil imports in half
- Lapsing back into oil addiction : retreating from battle under presidents Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush
- Blood and treasure : the heavy cost of dependence on Middle East oil
- Fossil fuels and global warming : a dangerous experiment with the planet
- The magic and limits of market-based solutions
- Seeing through the ideological blinders (of the right and the left)
- Pt. 2. Seven economically and politically viable paths to Energy independence. Solution one : store massive emergency reserves
- Solution two : drive the car of the future
- Solution three : bring alternative fuels to market
- Solution four : plug into an electric future
- Solution five : adopt energy taxes liberals and conservatives can like
- Solution six : make energy conservation a patriotic duty
- Solution seven : throw some "Hail Marys"
- Pt. 3. What we need from national leaders (and from voters).