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by Julianne Couch

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In our power-hungry world, all the talk about energy--what's safe and what's risky, what's clean and what's dirty, what's cheap and what's easy--tends to generate more heat than light. What, Julianne Couch wanted to know, is the real story on power production in this country? Approaching the question as a curious consumer, Couch takes us along as she visits nine sites where electrical power is developed from different fuel sources. From a geothermal plant in the Mojave Desert to a nuclear plant in Nebraska, from a Wyoming coal-fired power plant to a Maine tidal-power project, Couch gives us an insider's look at how power is generated, how it affects neighboring landscapes and the people who live and work there, and how each source comes with its own unique complications.

The result is an informed, evenhanded discussion of energy production and consumption on the global, national, regional, local, and--most important--personal level. Knowledge is the real power this book imparts, allowing each of us to think beyond the flip of a switch to the real consequences of our energy use.

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  • Title Traveling the Power Line: From the Mojave Desert to the Bay of Fundy
  • Author Julianne Couch
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 0th edition
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Nebraska Press
  • Publication date 2013-03-01
  • Features Bibliography, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780803245068 / 0803245068
  • Weight 0.78 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.98 x 6.07 x 0.54 in (22.81 x 15.42 x 1.37 cm)
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental Studies
  • Category Technology & Industrial Arts
  • Library of Congress subjects Power resources - United States, Electric power plants - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2012035997
  • Dewey Decimal Code 333.793

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/15/2013, Page 24
  • Kirkus Reviews, 02/01/2013, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/11/2013, Page 0

About the author

Julianne Couch is an independent journalist and essayist. She is the author of Jukeboxes and Jackalopes: A Wyoming Bar Journey and Waking Up Western: Collected Essays.

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