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A Declaration of Energy Independence: How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment (0470267631) cover image
A Declaration of Energy Independence: How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment
ISBN: 978-0-470-26763-9
Hardcover
256 pages
July 2008
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Introduction: Why Energy Independence Matters More Than Iraq.

PART ONE: The Problem of America’s Energy Dependence.

Chapter 1: America’s Plunge into Reliance on Foreign Oil.

Chapter 2: A Forgotten Victory Gives Hope: How America Solved Its Last Energy Crisis and Cut Oil Imports in Half.

Chapter 3: Lapsing Back into Oil Addiction: Retreating from Battle under Presidents Reagan, Bush, Clinton, and Bush.

Chapter 4: Blood and Treasure: The Heavy Cost of Dependence on Middle East Oil.

Chapter 5: Fossil Fuels and Global Warming: A Dangerous Experiment with the Planet.

Chapter 6: The Magic and Limits of Market-Based Solutions.

Chapter 7: Seeing through the Ideological Blinders (of the Right and the Left).

PART TWO: Seven Economically and Politically Viable Paths to Energy Independence.

Chapter 8: Solution One: Store Massive Emergency Reserves.

Chapter 9: Solution Two: Drive the Car of the Future.

Chapter 10: Solution Three: Bring Alternative Fuels to Market.

Chapter 11: Solution Four: Plug into an Electric Future.

Chapter 12: Solution Five: Adopt Energy Taxes Liberals and Conservatives Can Like.

Chapter 13: Solution Six: Make Energy Conservation a Patriotic Duty.

Chapter 14: Solution Seven: Throw Some "Hail Marys".

PART THREE: Securing Our National Future.

Chapter 15: What We Need from National Leaders (and from Voters).

Acknowledgments.

Notes.

Index.

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