
The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
by Gretchen Bakke
Recommended by 3 notable people, including Bill Gates and Preston Pysh
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A revelatory look at our national power gridhow it developed, its current flaws, and how it must be completely reimagined for our fastapproaching energy future. America's electrical grid, an engineering triumph of the twentieth century, is turning out to be a poor fit for the present. It's not just that the grid has grown old and is now in dire ...
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Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft; co-chair of the Gates Foundation
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