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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Botkin, Daniel B.
Powering the future : a scientist’s guide to energy independence / Daniel Botkin.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-13-704976-9 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Power resources—United States.
2. Power resources—United States—Forecasting. 3. Renewable energy sources—
United States. 4. Energy policy—United States. I. Title.
TJ163.25.U6B68 2010
333.790973—dc22
2009052805