Energy Follies: Missteps, Fiascos, and Successes of America's Energy Policy

ISBN-13: 9781108439206 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 254 str.

Robert R. Nordhaus; Sam Kalen

Opis

Energy Follies examines principal energy policy decisions and their lingering effects, by recounting the historical context surrounding the interplay of law, markets, and technology.

Recenzje

'… this book is an excellent resource, especially for courses in energy policy.' T. Brennan, Choice

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Federal energy regulation begins flowing; 3. The Supreme Court creates a gap; 4. The gap continues: changing electricity markets; 5. Natural gas' tortured road from regulation to decontrol; 6. Oil shocks, gas lines, and energy policy; 7. Carter crowns coal king: coal's war on people; 8. Energy eclipsing air; 9. Oil, cars and climate; 10. Embedded judgments and energy resilient transitions.