Traveling the Power Line: From the Mojave Desert to the Bay of Fundy

by Julianne Couch

Book Overview

In our power-hungry world, all the talk about energy--what's safe and what's risky, what's clean and what's dirty, what's cheap and what's easy--tends to generate more heat than light. What, Julianne Couch wanted to know, is the real story on power production in this country? Approaching the question as a curious consumer, Couch takes us along as she visits nine sites where electrical power is developed from different fuel sources. From a geothermal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803245068
• ISBN13: 9780803245068
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"