| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 199 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Understanding electricity -- Regulating the electricity sector -- The economics of electricity -- Wind power -- Solar power -- Biomass -- Geothermal -- Hydropower -- Nuclear -- Coal -- Natural gas. |
| Summary |
This book provides insights into the politics and economics surrounding electricity in the United States. It identifies the economic, physical, and environmental implications of distorting energy markets to limit the use of fossil fuels while increasing renewable energy production and explains how these unseen effects of favoring renewable energy may be counterproductive to the economic interests of American citizens and to the protection of the environment. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Electric power production -- Government policy -- United States.
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Electric power production -- Government policy. |
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United States. |
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Electric power production. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. |
| Added Author |
Lofthouse, Jordan, author.
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Hansen, Megan, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Yonk, Ryan M. Reality of American energy. Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, [2017] 9781440853913 (DLC) 2017007696 |
| ISBN |
9781440853920 (electronic book) |
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1440853924 (electronic book) |
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1440853916 |
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9781440853913 |
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9781440853913 (hardcover) |
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