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Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future
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By
Jeff Goodell (au)
Year:
2005
Pages:
324
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9.78E+12
Product Code:
1437965962
Description
Examines the danger behind Pres. George W. Bush’s assertion that coal is America’s “economic destiny.” Despite a devastating, century-long legacy that has claimed millions of lives and ravaged the environ., coal has become hot again. Goodell debunks the faulty assumptions underlying coal’s revival and shatters the myth of cheap coal energy. He illuminates the stark econ. imperatives America faces and the collusion of bus. and politics -- “big coal” -- that have set us on the dangerous course toward reliance on this energy source. Because we have failed to develop alternative energy sources, coal has effectively become the default fuel for the 21st century. This book is filled with troubling environmental and health revelations, as well as the politics behind it all. Illus.
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