The great Texas wind rush : how George Bush, Ann Richards, and a bunch of tinkerers helped the oil and gas state win the race to wind power /

The great Texas wind rush : how George Bush, Ann Richards, and a bunch of tinkerers helped the oil and gas state win the race to wind power /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Galbraith, Kate (Catherine)
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.
Description:	viii, 199 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Peter T. Flawn series in natural resources ; no. 6 Peter T. Flawn series in natural resource management and conservation ; no. 6.
Subject:	Wind power -- Government policy -- Texas. Renewable energy sources -- Texas. Renewable energy sources. Wind power -- Government policy. Texas.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9968306

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Other authors / contributors:	Price, Asher.
ISBN:	9780292735835 (cloth : alk. paper) 0292735839 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-192) and index.
Govt.docs classification:	Z UA380.8 G131gr

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Following a Glider
2. The Tinkerers
3. The Oil Embargo
4. The 1980s: Boom-Then Bust
5. Ann Richards-and a Big Wind Farm at Last
6. Windcatters
7. A Wind Requirement
8. The Next Decade: Takeoff
9. The Future
10. The Lessons of Texas Wind
Postscript
Notes
Bibliography
Index