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The Resource Harvest the wind : America's journey to jobs, energy independence, and climate stability, Philip Warburg

Harvest the wind : America's journey to jobs, energy independence, and climate stability, Philip Warburg

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Winds sweeping across the Great Plains once robbed the Farm Belt of its future, stripping away overworked topsoil and creating the dreaded Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Today, those winds are bringing new hope to the declining rural communities of the central United States. Wind energy's time has arrived. Just as water-pumping windmills opened up the American West, a new generation of wind machines is fast propelling our nation toward a renewable energy future. Wind turbines with blades half the length of a football field are increasingly common sights, towering above Illinois corn fields and dotting the Kansas prairie. Farmers and ranchers are beginning to reap a stable source of income, rural Americans are finding new jobs, and the nation is starting to wean itself off the fossil fuels that pollute our air and unsettle the global climate. In this book, the author reveals the remarkable growth of a breakthrough technology and the formidable challenges it faces. He visits epicenters of anti-wind opposition as well as communities that have embraced wind farms as neighbors. And nowhere is wind's promise more palpable than in Cloud County, Kansas, home to the Meridian Way Wind Farm, whose turbines are boosting farm incomes and bringing green jobs to a community that has watched its children flock elsewhere. Modern wind power is the best thing to hit this stretch of midwestern prairie since the Union Pacific railroad. This corner of Kansas is the first stop on an odyssey that introduces readers to farmers, factory workers, biologists, and high-tech entrepreneurs, all players in a transformative industry that is taking hold across America and around the globe. The author guides readers through an Iowa turbine assembly plant that is struggling to compete in a global marketplace dominated by European and Chinese manufacturers. He looks at the thousands of miles that wind-generated power will need to travel to reach American consumers. The Obama administration has called for 80 percent of America's electricity to come from clean energy sources by 2035. Wind can supply much of that power, but only if the policies are right and the planning is smart. Farmers and ranchers, factory workers and crane operators, truckers and teachers are members of the new American wind energy workforce. In this book, the author introduces the people behind the green economy-powered resurgence in Cloud County and communities like it across the United States. The book is not an abstract treatises on global warming and green energy. By showing us how practical solutions are being implemented at the local level, it is a look at how we can all pursue a saner and more sustainable energy future
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xi, 244 pages
Contents
  • Cloud County revival
  • Early adopters
  • Rust Belt renewables
  • The Chinese are coming
  • Working the wind
  • The path to cleaner energy
  • Birds and bats
  • The neighbors
  • Greening the grid
Isbn
9780807001073
Instance
Label
Harvest the wind : America's journey to jobs, energy independence, and climate stability
Title
Harvest the wind
Title remainder
America's journey to jobs, energy independence, and climate stability
Statement of responsibility
Philip Warburg
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Winds sweeping across the Great Plains once robbed the Farm Belt of its future, stripping away overworked topsoil and creating the dreaded Dust Bowl of the 1930s. Today, those winds are bringing new hope to the declining rural communities of the central United States. Wind energy's time has arrived. Just as water-pumping windmills opened up the American West, a new generation of wind machines is fast propelling our nation toward a renewable energy future. Wind turbines with blades half the length of a football field are increasingly common sights, towering above Illinois corn fields and dotting the Kansas prairie. Farmers and ranchers are beginning to reap a stable source of income, rural Americans are finding new jobs, and the nation is starting to wean itself off the fossil fuels that pollute our air and unsettle the global climate. In this book, the author reveals the remarkable growth of a breakthrough technology and the formidable challenges it faces. He visits epicenters of anti-wind opposition as well as communities that have embraced wind farms as neighbors. And nowhere is wind's promise more palpable than in Cloud County, Kansas, home to the Meridian Way Wind Farm, whose turbines are boosting farm incomes and bringing green jobs to a community that has watched its children flock elsewhere. Modern wind power is the best thing to hit this stretch of midwestern prairie since the Union Pacific railroad. This corner of Kansas is the first stop on an odyssey that introduces readers to farmers, factory workers, biologists, and high-tech entrepreneurs, all players in a transformative industry that is taking hold across America and around the globe. The author guides readers through an Iowa turbine assembly plant that is struggling to compete in a global marketplace dominated by European and Chinese manufacturers. He looks at the thousands of miles that wind-generated power will need to travel to reach American consumers. The Obama administration has called for 80 percent of America's electricity to come from clean energy sources by 2035. Wind can supply much of that power, but only if the policies are right and the planning is smart. Farmers and ranchers, factory workers and crane operators, truckers and teachers are members of the new American wind energy workforce. In this book, the author introduces the people behind the green economy-powered resurgence in Cloud County and communities like it across the United States. The book is not an abstract treatises on global warming and green energy. By showing us how practical solutions are being implemented at the local level, it is a look at how we can all pursue a saner and more sustainable energy future
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Warburg, Philip
Dewey number
333.9/20973
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
TK1541
LC item number
.W36 2012
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Wind power
  • Wind power plants
  • Wind power industry
Label
Harvest the wind : America's journey to jobs, energy independence, and climate stability, Philip Warburg
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-231) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Cloud County revival -- Early adopters -- Rust Belt renewables -- The Chinese are coming -- Working the wind -- The path to cleaner energy -- Birds and bats -- The neighbors -- Greening the grid
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xi, 244 pages
Isbn
9780807001073
Isbn Type
(hbk. : alk. paper)
Lccn
2011039420
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
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  • ocn744286126
  • (OCoLC)744286126
Label
Harvest the wind : America's journey to jobs, energy independence, and climate stability, Philip Warburg
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-231) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Cloud County revival -- Early adopters -- Rust Belt renewables -- The Chinese are coming -- Working the wind -- The path to cleaner energy -- Birds and bats -- The neighbors -- Greening the grid
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xi, 244 pages
Isbn
9780807001073
Isbn Type
(hbk. : alk. paper)
Lccn
2011039420
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • ocn744286126
  • (OCoLC)744286126

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