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Energy Crises - Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Hard Choices in the 1970s (Paperback)
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Energy Crises - Nixon, Ford, Carter, and Hard Choices in the 1970s (Paperback)
Series: The Environment in Modern North America
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The 1970s were a decade of historic American energy crises-major
interruptions in oil supplies from the Middle East, the country's
most dangerous nuclear accident, and chronic shortages of natural
gas. In Energy Crises, Jay Hakes brings his expertise in energy and
presidential history to bear on the questions of why these crises
occurred, how different choices might have prevented or ameliorated
them, and what they have meant for the half-century since-and
likely the half-century ahead. Hakes deftly intertwines the
domestic and international aspects of the long-misunderstood fuel
shortages that still affect our lives today. This approach, drawing
on previously unavailable and inaccessible records, affords an
insider's view of decision-making by three U.S. presidents, the
influence of their sometimes-combative aides, and their often
tortuous relations with the rulers of Iran and Saudi Arabia. Hakes
skillfully dissects inept federal attempts to regulate oil prices
and allocation, but also identifies the decade's more positive
legacies-from the nation's first massive commitment to the
development of alternative energy sources other than nuclear power,
to the initial movement toward a less polluting, more efficient
energy economy. The 1970s brought about a tectonic shift in the
world of energy. Tracing these consequences to their origins in
policy and practice, Hakes makes their lessons available at a
critical moment-as the nation faces the challenge of climate change
resulting from the burning of fossil fuels.
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