Who Turned Out the Lights? - Your Guided Tour to the Energy Crisis

Zusatztext "How far will we go to satisfy our oil addiction! and who will decide our energy future? If you want in on this discussion! then this book is for you. There are also real solutions available right now; all we have to do is listen! learn! and act." Informationen zum Autor Scott Bittle is an award-winning journalist, policy analyst, and web producer who has written extensively about the federal budget, energy, and foreign policy. Jean Johnson writes frequently about public opinion and public policy and is the author of You Can’t Do It Alone, a book on how parents, teachers, and students see education issues. Both authors are senior fellows at Public Agenda and blog frequently for the Huffington Post, National Geographic, and other outlets. Klappentext Who Turned Out the Lights? is an entertaining and nonpartisan guide to the current U.S. energy crisis from Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson, coauthors of the breakout bestseller Where Does the Money Go? At once light-hearted and fun--like Jon Stewart's America: The Book and Stephen Colbert's I am America (and So Can You!)--and deadly serious, Who Turned Out the Lights? helps readers understand what's really at stake in the energy debate, an intelligent answer to the partisan Capital Hill squabbling between the "Drill, Baby, Drill" and "Every Day is Earth Day" lobbies. Zusammenfassung Who Turned Out the Lights? is an entertaining and nonpartisan guide to the current U.S. energy crisis from Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson, co authors of the breakout bestseller Where Does the Money Go? At once light-hearted and fun—like Jon Stewart’s America: The Book and Stephen Colbert’s I am America (and So Can You!) —and deadly serious, Who Turned Out the Lights? helps readers understand what’s really at stake in the energy debate, an intelligent answer to the partisan Capital Hill squabbling between the “Drill, Baby, Drill” and “Every Day is Earth Day” lobbies. ...

Product details

• Authors: Scott Bittle, Scott/ Johnson Bittle, Jean Johnson
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.10.2009
• EAN: 9780061715648
• ISBN: 978-0-06-171564-8
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Guided Tour of the Economy; Guided Tour of the Economy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; PHILOSOPHY: Social, FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE: FOOD: HEALTH: AND THE ENVIRONMENT, POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Public Policy / Environmental Policy, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE: Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Public Policy / Social Security, PHILOSOPHY: Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Public Policy / Energy Policy *