02520cam a2200397 a 4500 52662 20230410115539.0 070226s2007 njuab b 001 0 eng 2007008125 (OCoLC)ocm85485167 DLC DLC UKM BAKER BTCTA C#P YDXCP VP@ GBA718560 bnb 013689096 Uk 9780470109182 (cloth) 0470109181 (cloth) YDXCP 2501817 (OCoLC)85485167 n-us--- HD9685.U5 M326 2007 333.793/20973 22 Makansi, Jason. Lights out : the electricity crisis, the global economy, and what it means to you / Jason Makansi. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2007. xiii, 306 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-289) and index. Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The worst-case scenario -- Night of the living dead -- The production and delivery value chain -- Around the world, around town -- Preventing the worst case -- Insecurities, vulnerabilities, and an uneasy state of the industry -- Why a first-world country has a third-world grid -- Living with a transaction economy -- The brain drain -- Environmental imperatives -- Houston, we have a problem -- The impact of lengthening supply lines : how elastic are they? -- Fighting "the last war," planning the next one -- It's that '70s show -- Sticker shock (without the sticker) -- Electricity storage -- Coal : extracting its full value -- Exercising the nuclear option -- Savvy consumption, empowering ratepayers -- Distributed power -- Redefining the grid with real intelligence -- The rest of the world -- A vision for the future: daydream, nightmare, or a good night's rest? -- Postscript: personal accountability -- Bibliography -- About the author -- Index. Electric utilities United States. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0712/2007008125.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0741/2007008125-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0741/2007008125-d.html Baker & Taylor BKTY 27.95 20.96 0470109181 0007100661 active YBP Library Services YANK 2501817 Baker and Taylor BTCP BK0007201320 lcc bk C0 DRFGD 43345 43345 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 3 0 HD9685.U5 M326 2007 00000054245 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk