The extraction state a history of natural gas in America
Part I: Making use of a useless byproduct, 1878-1954. Chapter 1: The smoky city -- Chapter 2: Going back to smoke -- Chapter 3: The rise of the power trust -- Chapter 4: Regulation and rejuvenation -- Chapter 5: Wartime pipes and postwar boom -- Part II: A manufactured shortage of natural gas, 1954-...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Pittsburgh, Pa.
University of Pittsburgh Press
2021
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Part I: Making use of a useless byproduct, 1878-1954. Chapter 1: The smoky city -- Chapter 2: Going back to smoke -- Chapter 3: The rise of the power trust -- Chapter 4: Regulation and rejuvenation -- Chapter 5: Wartime pipes and postwar boom -- Part II: A manufactured shortage of natural gas, 1954-1992. Chapter 6: Regulation and ruin -- Chapter 7: Stopping a freight train -- Chapter 8: The end of abundance -- Chapter 9: From scarcity to surplus -- Chapter 10: The gas bubble and the end of merchant service -- Part III: A (mostly) free market and its discontents, 1992-2020. Chapter 11: Gas becomes a commodity -- Chapter 12: The dash for gas -- Chapter 13: Speculation on a galactic scale -- Chapter 14: Shale -- Chapter 15: Aftermath -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. "The history of the United States of America is also the history of the energy sector. Natural gas provides the fuel that allows us to heat our homes in winter and coll them in summer with the touch of a button or turn of a dial--when the industry runs smoothly. From the oil crisis of the 1970s to the fall of Enron and the California electricity crisis at the turn of the century to contemporary issues of hydraulic fracking, poorly conceived government policies have sometimes left us shivering, stranded, or with significantly lighter wallets. In this expansive narrative, Charles Blanchard traces the rise of natural gas and the regulatory missteps that nearly ruined the market. Beginning in the 1880s, The Extraction State explains how the New Deal regulatory compact came together in the 1920s, even before the Great Depression, and how it fell apart in the 1970s. From there, the book dissects the policies that affect us today, and explores where we might be headed in the near future." - Provided by the publisher |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | VI, 399 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 082296676X 0-8229-6676-X 9780822966760 978-0-8229-6676-0 |