Powering the Dream: The History and Promise of Green Technology

by Alexis Madrigal

Book Overview

Few today realize that electric cabs dominated Manhattan's streets in the 1890s; that Boise, Idaho, had a geothermal heating system in 1910; or that the first megawatt turbine in the world was built... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030681885X
• ISBN13: 9780306818851
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.7" x 8.6"