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Christopher F. Jones
Routes of Power [EPUB ebook]
Energy and Modern America

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The fossil fuel revolution is usually a tale of advances in energy production. Christopher Jones tells a tale of advances in energy access–canals, pipelines, wires delivering cheap, abundant power to cities at a distance from production sites. Between 1820 and 1930 these new transportation networks set the U.S. on a path to fossil fuel dependence.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 320 ● ISBN 9780674419612 ● Publisher Harvard University Press ● Published 2014 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 3064854 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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