The Resource The grid : the fraying wires between Americans and our energy future, Gretchen Bakke
The grid : the fraying wires between Americans and our energy future, Gretchen Bakke
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- Summary
- "The grid is an accident of history and of culture, in no way intrinsic to how we produce, deliver and consume electrical power. Yet this is the system the United States ended up with, a jerry-built structure now so rickety and near collapse that a strong wind or a hot day can bring it to a grinding halt. The grid is now under threat from a new source: renewable and variable energy, which puts stress on its logics as much as its components. In entertaining, perceptive, and deeply researched fashion, cultural anthropologist Gretchen Bakke uses the history of an increasingly outdated infrastructure to show how the United States has gone from seemingly infinite technological prowess to a land of structural instability. She brings humor and a bright eye to contemporary solutions and to the often surprising ways in which these succeed or fail. And the consequences of failure are significant. Our national electrical grid grew during an era when monopoly, centralization and standardization meant strength. Yet as we've increasingly become a nation that caters to local needs, and as a plethora of new, renewable energy sources comes on line, our massive system is dangerously out of step. Charting the history of our electrical grid, Bakke helps us see what we all take for granted, shows it as central to our culture and identity as a people, and reveals it to be the linchpin in our aspirations for a clean energy future"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxx, 352 pages
- Contents
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- The way of the wind
- How the grid got its wires
- The consolidation of power
- The cardigan path
- Things fall apart
- Two birds, one stone
- A tale of two storms
- In search of the Holy Grail
- American zeitgeist
- Afterword: Contemplating death in the afternoon
- Isbn
- 9781608196104
- Label
- The grid : the fraying wires between Americans and our energy future
- Title
- The grid
- Title remainder
- the fraying wires between Americans and our energy future
- Statement of responsibility
- Gretchen Bakke
- Subject
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- Clean energy -- United States
- Electric power systems -- Technological innovations
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | General
- Electric power failures -- United States
- Electric power distribution
- Electrical grid
- History
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure
- Energy policy -- Social aspects
- Power resources -- United States
- Electric power systems -- Technological innovations -- United States
- Infrastructure (Economics) -- United States
- SCIENCE -- Electricity
- Electric power distribution -- United States -- History
- United States
- Energy policy -- Social aspects -- United States
- Clean energy
- Environmental policy -- Economic aspects -- United States
- Electric power failures
- Sociology -- United States
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental | General
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources | Electrical
- Electricity
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The grid is an accident of history and of culture, in no way intrinsic to how we produce, deliver and consume electrical power. Yet this is the system the United States ended up with, a jerry-built structure now so rickety and near collapse that a strong wind or a hot day can bring it to a grinding halt. The grid is now under threat from a new source: renewable and variable energy, which puts stress on its logics as much as its components. In entertaining, perceptive, and deeply researched fashion, cultural anthropologist Gretchen Bakke uses the history of an increasingly outdated infrastructure to show how the United States has gone from seemingly infinite technological prowess to a land of structural instability. She brings humor and a bright eye to contemporary solutions and to the often surprising ways in which these succeed or fail. And the consequences of failure are significant. Our national electrical grid grew during an era when monopoly, centralization and standardization meant strength. Yet as we've increasingly become a nation that caters to local needs, and as a plethora of new, renewable energy sources comes on line, our massive system is dangerously out of step. Charting the history of our electrical grid, Bakke helps us see what we all take for granted, shows it as central to our culture and identity as a people, and reveals it to be the linchpin in our aspirations for a clean energy future"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bakke, Gretchen Anna
- Dewey number
- 333.793/2
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- TK1005
- LC item number
- .B27 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Electrical grid
- Electric power systems
- Electric power distribution
- Clean energy
- Electric power failures
- Energy policy
- Power resources
- Sociology
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Environmental policy
- Electricity
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
- SCIENCE
- Clean energy
- Electric power distribution
- Electric power failures
- Electric power systems
- Energy policy
- United States
- Label
- The grid : the fraying wires between Americans and our energy future, Gretchen Bakke
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The way of the wind -- How the grid got its wires -- The consolidation of power -- The cardigan path -- Things fall apart -- Two birds, one stone -- A tale of two storms -- In search of the Holy Grail -- American zeitgeist -- Afterword: Contemplating death in the afternoon
- Control code
- ocn938855575
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxx, 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9781608196104
- Lccn
- 2016001376
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o938855575
- (OCoLC)938855575
- Label
- The grid : the fraying wires between Americans and our energy future, Gretchen Bakke
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The way of the wind -- How the grid got its wires -- The consolidation of power -- The cardigan path -- Things fall apart -- Two birds, one stone -- A tale of two storms -- In search of the Holy Grail -- American zeitgeist -- Afterword: Contemplating death in the afternoon
- Control code
- ocn938855575
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxx, 352 pages
- Isbn
- 9781608196104
- Lccn
- 2016001376
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o938855575
- (OCoLC)938855575
Subject
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure
- Clean energy
- Clean energy -- United States
- Electric power distribution
- Electric power distribution -- United States -- History
- Electric power failures
- Electric power failures -- United States
- Electric power systems -- Technological innovations
- Electric power systems -- Technological innovations -- United States
- Electrical grid
- Electricity
- Energy policy -- Social aspects
- Energy policy -- Social aspects -- United States
- Environmental policy -- Economic aspects -- United States
- History
- Infrastructure (Economics) -- United States
- Power resources -- United States
- SCIENCE -- Electricity
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | General
- Sociology -- United States
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental | General
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources | Electrical
- United States
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