Book Review: Power Trip – The story of America’s love affair with energy.
January 3rd, 2011
Power Trip – looks at the US relationship with fossil fuels, and what the future might hold
I’ve spent the Christmas break reading Amanda Little’s book “Power Trip – The story of America’s love affair with energy”. It’s an impressive book, and has a lot to recommend it.
The book is in 2 broad sections – the first explores how intertwined energy (and particularly oil) is with the American way of life. The second explores the work that is currently going on to reduce this dependency. Each of these broad themes is further broken into different sections such as the energy requirements to wage war, the issues caused by America’s aging electricity grid, current directions and developments in home and office building, electric and hybrid cars and many more.
I expected to enjoy “Power Trip” – it’s gathered a collection of positive reviews since its initial release – but I was surprised by…
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