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- Author:Robert W. Righter
- ISBN:0806128127
- ISBN13:978-0806128122
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- Publisher:Univ of Oklahoma Pr (April 1, 1996)
- Pages:361 pages
- Subcategory:Engineering
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Wind Energy in America: . Robert W. Righter is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Texas at El Paso and the author of several books on the history of environmentalism and conservation, including The Battle over Hetch Hetchy: American's Most Controversial Dam and the Birth of Modern Environmentalism.
Righter's historical survey of wind energy in America appeared before the decline in the cost of wind energy and .
Righter's historical survey of wind energy in America appeared before the decline in the cost of wind energy and the availability of storage, but it still provides a useful service.
Righter's historical survey of wind energy in America appeared before the decline in the cost of wind energy and the availability of storage, but it still provides a useful service
Righter's historical survey of wind energy in America appeared before the decline in the cost of wind energy and the availability of storage, but it still provides a useful service. Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla, pioneers in the development of commercial electricity, considered wind as a possible power source. Tesla was already concerned about.
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Robert Willms Righter, American history educator. Fulbright fellow, 1993; recipient Beveridge award American History Association, 1985. Member American Wind Energy Association, Organization American Historians, American Society Environmental Historians (awards committee 1992-1993), Forest History Association, Western History Association.
This compelling saga recounts the human effort to capture the power of the wind for electricity-from the first European windmills, to nineteenth century experiments in rural electrification, to the immense wind farms in California and the plains states that feed power grid today.
Wind Energy in America also focuses on contemporary developments, including . Righter explores the arguments of people and organizations opposed to the spread of wind generators-often the same environmental groups, paradoxically, that hailed wind energy as a savior in the late 1970s. This abundantly illustrated history, free of ideology and cant, will be of lasting interest to environmentalists, scholars, and all readers alert to the need for alternatives to coal.
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