The Grid
The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
Gretchen Bakke
Discover the exciting story of America's power grid - how it came to be, where it is now, and how it must adapt for a cleaner energy future. The grid is a complex and quintessentially American artifact that mirrors our nation's history of expansion, bold vision, and improvisation. Drawing on cultural anthropology, this book explores the dynamic moments and stable ones, all while examining the new challenges that America's energy infrastructure now faces. With wit and insight, the author reveals how visionaries, bureaucrats, and communities must come together to tackle the grid's flaws and reimagine it for the twenty-first century.
Publish Date
2016-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
2016-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.87
ISBN
9781632865687
Recommendations
3
Recommendations
2016-12-09T15:12:02.000Z
The Grid by Gretchen Bakke is a book about mundane stuff that is actually fascinating: – source2021-12-22T17:06:36.000Z
So, I read a bunch of books each year, and I’m going to start highlighting my top 5 favorites reads at the end of each year. So here it goes for 2021:
#1: Layered Money by Nik Bhatia - loved this book, it does an incredible job laying out how the existing financial system… – source