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Powering the Dream

The History and Promise of Green Technology

By: Alexis Madrigal

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Powering the Dream

The History and Promise of Green Technology

By: Alexis Madrigal

Few today realize that electric cabs dominated Manhattan's streets in the 1890s; that Boise, Idaho, had a geothermal heating system in 1910; or that the first megawatt turbine in the world was built in 1941 by the son of publishing magnate G. P. Putnam--a feat that would not be duplicated for another forty years. Likewise, while many remember the oil embargo of the 1970s, few are aware that it led to a corresponding explosion in green-technology research that was only derailed when energy prices later dropped. In other words: We've been here before. Although we may have failed, America has had the chance to put our world on a more sustainable path. Americans have, in fact, been inventing green for more than a century. Half compendium of lost opportunities, half hopeful look toward the future, Powering the Dream tells the stories of the brilliant, often irascible inventors who foresaw our current problems, tried to invent cheap and energy renewable solutions, and drew the blueprint for a green future.

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386

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Da Capo Press, Incorporated

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ISBN 10

030681885X

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9780306818851

Soyer’s Culinary Campaign

By: Alexis Soyer

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Soyer’s Culinary Campaign

By: Alexis Soyer

Reproduction of the original: Soyer’s Culinary Campaign by Alexis Soyer

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752428635

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9783752428636

Lucille Lortel

The Queen of Off Broadway

By: Alexis Greene

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Lucille Lortel

The Queen of Off Broadway

By: Alexis Greene

(Limelight). Written under the auspices of The Lucille Lortel Foundation, this book is the first biography of the grande dame of avant garde theater. Lucille Lortel became a leader of a burgeoning Off Broadway movement during the 1950s and '60s and one of the few women of her generation to be a significant player in New York City theater.

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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0879103027

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9780879103026

Powering the Dream

The History and Promise of Green Technology

By: Alexis Madrigal

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Powering the Dream

The History and Promise of Green Technology

By: Alexis Madrigal

Few today realize that electric cabs dominated Manhattan's streets in the 1890s; that Boise, Idaho, had a geothermal heating system in 1910; or that the first megawatt turbine in the world was built in 1941 by the son of publishing magnate G. P. Putnam -- a feat that would not be duplicated for another forty years. Likewise, while many remember the oil embargo of the 1970s, few are aware that it led to a corresponding explosion in green-technology research that was only derailed when energy prices later dropped. In other words: We've been here before. Although we may have failed, America has had the chance to put our world on a more sustainable path. Americans have, in fact, been inventing green for more than a century. Half compendium of lost opportunities, half hopeful look toward the future, Powering the Dream tells the stories of the brilliant, often irascible inventors who foresaw our current problems, tried to invent cheap and energy renewable solutions, and drew the blueprint for a green future.

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0306819775

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