001376956 000__ 04092cam\\22008057i\4500 001376956 001__ 1376956 001376956 003__ OCoLC 001376956 005__ 20231016131156.0 001376956 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001376956 007__ cr\cnu---unuuu 001376956 008__ 160728s2016\\\\nyu\\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 001376956 019__ $$a1021809472 001376956 020__ $$a9781620401248$$q(electronic bk.) 001376956 020__ $$a162040124X$$q(electronic bk.) 001376956 020__ $$z9781608196104 001376956 020__ $$z1608196100 001376956 035__ $$a(OCoLC)954134529 001376956 035__ $$a1376956 001376956 040__ $$aTEFOD$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cTEFOD$$dRECBK$$dTOH$$dIHR$$dZAC$$dHCO$$dUOK$$dEBLCP$$dYDX$$dNLE$$dNTG$$dOCLCQ$$dH4N$$dUKMGB$$dSDG$$dOCLCQ$$dORE$$dN$T$$dOCLCO 001376956 043__ $$an-us--- 001376956 049__ $$aISEA 001376956 050_4 $$aTK1005$$b.B27 2016eb 001376956 08204 $$a333.793/2$$223 001376956 1001_ $$aBakke, Gretchen Anna,$$eauthor. 001376956 24514 $$aThe grid :$$bthe fraying wires between Americans and our energy future /$$cGretchen Bakke. 001376956 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bBloomsbury USA,$$c2016. 001376956 300__ $$a1 online resource 001376956 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001376956 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001376956 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001376956 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 001376956 5050_ $$aThe Way of the Wind -- How the Grind Got Its Wires -- The Consolidation of Power -- The Cardigan Path -- Things Fall Apart -- Two Birds, One Stone -- A Tale of Two Storms -- In Search of the Holy Grail -- American Zeitgeist. 001376956 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001376956 520__ $$a"The grid is an accident of history and of culture, in no way intrinsic to how we produce, deliver and consume electrical power. Yet this is the system the United States ended up with, a jerry-built structure now so rickety and near collapse that a strong wind or a hot day can bring it to a grinding halt. The grid is now under threat from a new source: renewable and variable energy, which puts stress on its logics as much as its components. In entertaining, perceptive, and deeply researched fashion, cultural anthropologist Gretchen Bakke uses the history of an increasingly outdated infrastructure to show how the United States has gone from seemingly infinite technological prowess to a land of structural instability. She brings humor and a bright eye to contemporary solutions and to the often surprising ways in which these succeed or fail. And the consequences of failure are significant. Our national electrical grid grew during an era when monopoly, centralization and standardization meant strength. Yet as we've increasingly become a nation that caters to local needs, and as a plethora of new, renewable energy sources comes on line, our massive system is dangerously out of step. Charting the history of our electrical grid, Bakke helps us see what we all take for granted, shows it as central to our culture and identity as a people, and reveals it to be the linchpin in our aspirations for a clean energy future"--$$cProvided by publisher. 001376956 5880_ $$aPrint version record. 001376956 650_0 $$aElectric power systems$$xTechnological innovations$$zUnited States. 001376956 650_0 $$aElectric power distribution$$zUnited States$$xHistory. 001376956 650_0 $$aClean energy$$zUnited States. 001376956 650_0 $$aElectric power failures$$zUnited States. 001376956 650_0 $$aEnergy policy$$xSocial aspects$$zUnited States. 001376956 650_7 $$aThe environment.$$2bicssc 001376956 650_7 $$aPopular science.$$2bicssc 001376956 650_7 $$aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING$$xPower Resources$$xElectrical.$$2bisacsh 001376956 650_7 $$aSOCIAL SCIENCE$$xSociology$$xGeneral.$$2bisacsh 001376956 650_7 $$aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS$$xInfrastructure.$$2bisacsh 001376956 650_7 $$aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING$$xEnvironmental$$xGeneral.$$2bisacsh 001376956 650_7 $$aSCIENCE$$xElectricity.$$2bisacsh 001376956 650_7 $$aClean energy.$$2fast$$0(OCoLC)fst01920487 001376956 650_7 $$aElectric power distribution.$$2fast$$0(OCoLC)fst00905420 001376956 650_7 $$aElectric power failures.$$2fast$$0(OCoLC)fst00905465 001376956 650_7 $$aElectric power systems$$xTechnological innovations.$$2fast$$0(OCoLC)fst00905593 001376956 650_7 $$aEnergy policy$$xSocial aspects.$$2fast$$0(OCoLC)fst00910232 001376956 651_7 $$aUnited States.$$2fast$$0(OCoLC)fst01204155 001376956 655_4 $$aElectronic books. 001376956 655_7 $$aHistory.$$2fast$$0(OCoLC)fst01411628 001376956 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aBakke, Gretchen Anna.$$tGrid.$$dNew York : Bloomsbury USA, 2016$$z9781608196104$$w(DLC) 2016001376$$w(OCoLC)938855575 001376956 852__ $$bebk 001376956 85640 $$3eBooks on EBSCOhost$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2675741$$zOnline Access 001376956 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1376956$$pGLOBAL_SET 001376956 938__ $$aEBSCOhost$$bEBSC$$n2675741 001376956 980__ $$aBIB 001376956 980__ $$aEBOOK 001376956 982__ $$aEbook 001376956 983__ $$aOnline