02823cam a22004337i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000300009502000270012503500130015204000280016504100080019304300120020105000240021308200140023710000260025124500930027726400390037030000600040933600260046933700280049533800270052350000600055050400510061050502510066152009610091265000700187365000850194365000570202865000730208565000330215865000390219165000440223065000500227465000650232418969320BJBSDDR20251001095700.0ta160209s2017    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a  2016001376  a9781632865687 (paperback)  a1632865688 (paperback)  a18969320  aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  aeng  an-us---14aTK 1005bB168g 201700a333.793/21 aBakke, Gretchen Anna 14aThe grid :bthe fraying wires between Americans and our energy future /cGretchen Bakke. 1aNew York, NY :bBloomsbury,c2017.  axxx, 352 pages : billustrations, map, charts ; c21 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aOriginally published in hardcover by Bloomsbury in 2016  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe Way of the Wind
How the Grid Got Its Wires
The Consolidation of Power
The Cardigan Path
Things Fall Apart
Two Birds, One Stone
A Tale of Two Storms
In Search of the Holy Grail
American Zeitgeist
Afterword: Contemplating Death in the Afternoon  a"America's electrical grid, an engineering triumph of the twentieth century, is turning out to be a poor fit for the present. It's not just that the grid has grown old and is now in dire need of basic repair. Today, as we invest great hope in new energy sources-- solar, wind, and other alternatives-- the grid is what stands most firmly in the way of a brighter energy future. If we hope to realize this future, we need to reimagine the grid according to twenty-first-century values. It's a project which forces visionaries to work with bureaucrats, legislators with storm-flattened communities, moneymen with hippies, and the left with the right. And though it might not yet be obvious, this revolution is already well under way. Cultural anthropologist Gretchen Bakke unveils the many facets of America's energy infrastructure, its most dynamic moments and its most stable ones, and its essential role in personal and national life."-- cPage 4 of cover 0aElectric power systemsxTechnological innovationszUnited States. 4aSistemas de energía eléctrica xInnovaciones tecnológicas zEstados Unidos 0aElectric power distributionzUnited StatesxHistory. 4aDistribución de energía eléctrica xHistoria zEstados Unidos  0aClean energyzUnited States. 4aEnergía limpia zEstados Unidos  0aElectric power failureszUnited States. 0aEnergy policyxSocial aspectszUnited States. 4aPolítica energética xAspectos socialeszEstados Unidos