Powering the Dream Read Online By Alexis Madrigal
| Title | : | Powering the Dream |
| Author | : | Alexis Madrigal |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 400 pages |
| ISBN | : | 030681885X |
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 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 sustainable path Americans have, in fact, been inventing green for 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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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
400 pagesAlexis Madrigal
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