After reading Amanda Little’s investigation into our use of oil, gas and electricity, I feel the key to this book lies in the subtitle, a ride to a renewable future. There are things being done, too little and perhaps too late but enough to give the reader a feeling of cautious optimism. Also welcomed was the fact that Amanda Little includes subjects like military and agricultural use of oil, together with societies love affair with plastics. There’s facts and figures here but the strength of Power Trip lies in its readability, Amanda Little is the Eric Schlosser of the power circuit.
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In this fresh and gutsy analysis, Amanda Little lays bare America's energy past, present and future and shows how the innovatory designs that got it to its current energy crisis will actually save it from ruin. 'We're about to see a revolution in the way we live, fundamental changes to the way our homes work, the way our cars move, the way we grow our food, distribute our products, the way we make and recycle plastics.' - Amanda Little In this adventurous, jargon free, optimistic book, Amanda Little - tipped as 'the new voice of green' by Robert Redford - reveals the gargantuan influence of oil on our daily lives. It fights our wars, grows our crops, produces our plastics and medicines, warms our homes and animates our cities. We've allowed it to seep into every facet of our existence, from the shine on glossy magazine covers to life-saving pharmaceuticals. We depend on it completely. So what does this mean for when the oil runs out? From a deep-sea oil rig to a plastic surgery operating theatre, from New York City's electrical grid to the offices of the Pentagon, from a state-of-the-art wind farm to a testing ground for the cars of tomorrow, Little visits the most eccentric and exciting frontiers of the global energy landscape. As she introduces us to a range of characters - Saudi royalty, grassroots activists, the world's most respected politicians and an array of inventors - she argues that we are on the brink of a revolution in the way we source the energy that is so vital to us; there is an energy future beyond oil - as long as we have the courage and creativity to pursue it. Fresh, gutsy and optimistic, Power Trip will show you our world in a completely new way.
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Power Trip - From Oil Wells to Solar Cells - Our Ride to the Renewable Future was written by Amanda Little and published by HarperPress an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers