{"product_id":"the-great-texas-wind-rush-9780292735835","title":"The Great Texas Wind Rush","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo environmental reporters tell the fascinating story behind Texas’s unlikely triumph in the clean-energy marketplace through wind farming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGalbraith and Price understand the wonky side of energy policy, but they also know how to tell a story…\u003ci\u003eThe Great Texas Wind Rush\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoughtful, valuable story for anyone who cares about renewable energy or climate change, because while many people protest the impact of nuclear power, coal power and natural gas fracking, in the end, that's not enough. Vast new sources of power actually have to be built, not just talked about. That won't be cheap, easy or quick, but \u003ci\u003eThe Great Texas Wind Rush\u003c\/i\u003e suggests that over the long haul, it's possible. * The Associated Press *\u003cbr\u003eThe authors craft the story well, pulling from legendary tales of the Wild West, romantic literary and artistic accounts from the likes of Cormac McCarthy and Woody Guthrie and the gubernatorial regimes of Ann Richards and George W. Bush. * Environmental Defense Fund's Texas Clean Air Matters blog *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Following a Glider\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Tinkerers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. The Oil Embargo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. The 1980s: Boom—Then Bust\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Ann Richards—and a Big Wind Farm at Last\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Windcatters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. A Wind Requirement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. The Next Decade: Takeoff\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. The Future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. The Lessons of Texas Wind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePostscript\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MU - University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49891695460695,"sku":"9780292735835","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292735835.jpg?v=1738004754","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-great-texas-wind-rush-9780292735835","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}