$20 per gallon : how the inevitable rise in the price of gasoline will change our lives for the better / Christopher Steiner
- Bib ID:
- 4699907
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Steiner, Christopher
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- New York : Grand Central Pub., 2009
- x, 274 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9780446549547
- Summary:
-
Steiner, an engineer by training sees how a simple but constant rise in oil and related prices will re-structure our lifestyle, from telecommuting to migrating to milder areas and staying closer to our jobs.
- Full contents:
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- $4 Prologue: The Road to $20 and Civilization Renovation
- Ch. $6. Society Change and the Dead SUV
- Ch. $8. The Skies Will Empty
- Ch. $10. The Car Diminished but Reborn
- Ch. $12. Urban Revolution and Suburban Decay
- Ch. $14. The Fate of Small Towns, U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance, and Our Material World
- Ch. $16. The Food Web Deconstructed
- Ch. $18. Renaissance of the Rails
- Ch. $20. The Future of Energy
- $20 Epilogue.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
- Twenty dollars per gallon
- Copyright:
-
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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