Terra nova : the new world after oil, cars, and suburbs /
Eric W. Sanderson.
- 351 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How the sirens sing -- An ode to oil -- Flexible power -- The cheap oil window -- Time for space -- The great American expansion -- The crescendo and the crash -- Holding council -- Gate duties -- Moving to town -- Roads to rails -- Invest in the sun -- A future -- Cost, sacrifice, and evolution -- Collateral benefits.
9781419704345 (alk. paper)
2013007203
Sustainable development--United States. Renewable energy--United States. Human ecology--United States. Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects. Automobiles--Social aspects--United States. Suburban life--United States.