Declaration of Energy Independence How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment

Name: Declaration of Energy Independence How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment
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ISBN: 9780470267639

ISBN-10: 0470267631

ISBN-13: 9780470267639

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jay Hakes

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America needs a plan for moving toward energy independence. Gyrating gasoline prices, fiery explosions on nightly broadcasts from the oil-rich Persian Gulf , and warming of the planet from the burning of carbon fuels remind us almost daily about the negative impact of our current energy system on our lives. Yet the debates in Washington are disquieting to the careful observer. Economic mythologies (of the right and the left) replace factual analysis and science as the basis of decision making. The right believes the lesson of the 1970's: that government controls disrupt energy markets and we need to get the government out of energy. The left believes that the government needs to…

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List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/21/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Jay Hakes was head of the Energy Information Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy from 1993 to 2000, where he oversaw the collec-tion and dissemination of America's official energy data and analysis. He has given testimony before congressional committees on more than twenty-five occasions and is currently head of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta.



Introduction: Why Energy Independence Matters More Than Iraq



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)



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"



Securing Our National Future



What We Need from National Leaders (and from Voters)


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index