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

Author:   Jay E. Hakes
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:  

9780470267639


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 August 2008
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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A Declaration of Energy Independence: How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment


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If you've wondered about how America can break links between oil consumption, terrorism, and the war in Iraq, A Declaration of Energy Independence: How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment will show you how our country can gain energy independence and solve its energy crisis. Written by a top energy expert, this book outlines seven economically and politically viable ways America can more efficiently use and produce energy. Find out how carbon fuels negatively impact our lives and understand the political framework of the energy crisis.

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Author:   Jay E. Hakes
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9780470267639


ISBN 10:   0470267631
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 August 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

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Hakes's insights into the politics of energy make the book especially relevant this voting season, and it would be a good addition! (Library Journal, September 2008) Evenhanded and insightful history!a compelling tutorial for anyone seeking to understand the geopolitical forces that have America over a barrel of oil. (Atlanta Journal--Constitution, August 10, 2008) ...an outpost of sanity in the mostly absurd babble surrounding the a energy crisisa (E & P, September, 2008)


Hakes's insights into the politics of energy make the book especially relevant this voting season, and it would be a good addition... (Library Journal, September 2008) Evenhanded and insightful history...a compelling tutorial for anyone seeking to understand the geopolitical forces that have America over a barrel of oil. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 10, 2008) ...an outpost of sanity in the mostly absurd babble surrounding the 'energy crisis' (E & P, September, 2008)


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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.

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