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        Electrify

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        An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future

        by Saul Griffith

        ISBN: 9780262545044

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 4, 2022

        An optimistic—but realistic and feasible—action plan for fighting climate change while creating new jobs and a healthier environment: electrify everything.
        Extracting Accountability

        Extracting Accountability

        Extracting Accountability

        Engineers and Corporate Social Responsibility

        by Jessica M. Smith

        ISBN: 9780262542166

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 28, 2021

        How engineers in the mining and oil and gas industries attempt to reconcile competing domains of public accountability.
        Helmholtz and the Conservation of Energy

        Helmholtz and the Conservation of Energy

        Helmholtz and the Conservation of Energy

        Contexts of Creation and Reception

        by Kenneth L. Caneva

        ISBN: 9780262045735

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: August 3, 2021

        An examination of the sources Helmholtz drew upon for his formulation of the conservation of energy and the impact of his work on nineteenth-century physics.
        Energy and Civilization

        Energy and Civilization

        Energy and Civilization

        A History

        by Vaclav Smil

        ISBN: 9780262536165

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: November 13, 2018

        A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization.
        Modernizing America’s Electricity Infrastructure

        Modernizing America's Electricity Infrastructure

        Modernizing America's Electricity Infrastructure

        by Mason Willrich

        ISBN: 9780262036795

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 13, 2017

        A comprehensive, coherent strategy for modernizing America's electricity infrastructure while ensuring affordable, reliable, secure, and environmentally sustainable electricity services.
        Cheap and Clean

        Cheap and Clean

        Cheap and Clean

        How Americans Think about Energy in the Age of Global Warming

        by Stephen Ansolabehere and David M. Konisky

        ISBN: 9780262529686

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 7, 2016

        How Americans make energy choices, why they think locally (not globally), and how this can shape U.S. energy and climate change policy.
        Power Density

        Power Density

        Power Density

        A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses

        by Vaclav Smil

        ISBN: 9780262529730

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 2, 2016

        The first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, and all common energy uses.
        Unlocking Energy Innovation

        Unlocking Energy Innovation

        Unlocking Energy Innovation

        How America Can Build a Low-Cost, Low-Carbon Energy System

        by Richard K. Lester and David M. Hart

        ISBN: 9780262525145

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 13, 2013

        Experts outline a plan to overhaul the U.S. energy innovation system for accelerated, large-scale adoption of reliable, low-cost, low-carbon energy technologies.
        The End of Energy

        The End of Energy

        The End of Energy

        The Unmaking of America's Environment, Security, and Independence

        by Michael J. Graetz

        ISBN: 9780262518673

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: February 8, 2013

        Forty years of energy incompetence: villains, failures of leadership, and missed opportunities.
        Sustainable Energy

        Sustainable Energy, second edition

        Sustainable Energy

        Choosing Among Options

        by Jefferson W. Tester, Elisabeth M. Drake, Michael J. Driscoll, Michael W. Golay and William A. Peters

        ISBN: 9780262017473

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: September 28, 2012

        The second edition of a widely used textbook that explores energy resource options and technologies with a view toward achieving sustainability on local, national, and global scales.
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