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Coming clean : breaking America's addiction to oil and coal / Michael Brune.

By: Brune, Michael, 1971-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: San Francisco : [Berkeley, Calif.] : Sierra Club Books ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2008Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-258) and index.Description: 269 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781578051496 (alk. paper); 1578051495 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Fossil fuels -- Environmental aspects -- United States | Biomass energy -- United States | Renewable energy sources -- United States | Green movement -- United StatesDDC classification: 333.790973
Contents:
Introduction: It's time to refuel -- ch. 1. Getting our fix: The true cost of America's oil habit -- ch. 2. Smokescreen: The dirty side of "clean coal" -- ch. 3. Separate oil and state: Getting fossilized power out of politics -- ch. 4. Follow the money: How your bank is funding climate change, and what you can do about it -- ch. 5. Redesigning mobility: Moving America in a post-oil economy -- ch. 6. Jump-start Detroit: How automakers can save themselves, and the planet -- ch. 7. Growing gas: Are biofuels fueling or fooling America -- ch. 8. Greening the grid: How sun and wind can generate power and prosperity -- ch. 9. Less is more: Fighting climate change while living the good life -- ch. 10. Power shift: Shaping a clean-energy society.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-258) and index.

Introduction: It's time to refuel -- ch. 1. Getting our fix: The true cost of America's oil habit -- ch. 2. Smokescreen: The dirty side of "clean coal" -- ch. 3. Separate oil and state: Getting fossilized power out of politics -- ch. 4. Follow the money: How your bank is funding climate change, and what you can do about it -- ch. 5. Redesigning mobility: Moving America in a post-oil economy -- ch. 6. Jump-start Detroit: How automakers can save themselves, and the planet -- ch. 7. Growing gas: Are biofuels fueling or fooling America -- ch. 8. Greening the grid: How sun and wind can generate power and prosperity -- ch. 9. Less is more: Fighting climate change while living the good life -- ch. 10. Power shift: Shaping a clean-energy society.

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