04994cam a22007334a 4500 bigcoaldirtysecr00good CaSfIA 20250721021148.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 051121s2006 maua job 001 0 eng 2005033199 (OCoLC)1028723603 DLC eng DLC BAKER C#P NSB BUR VP@ IXA IG# YDXCP BTCTA CZL UWC GRR SMP CQU OCLCQ CaSfIA 0618319409 (alk. paper) 9780618319404 pcc n-us--- TN805.A5 G665 2006 333.793/20973 22 Goodell, Jeff. Big coal : the dirty secret behind America's energy future / Jeff Goodell. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006. 1 online resource (xxvii, 324 pages : illustrations) Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-295) and index. Few of us realize that every time we flip on a switch, we burn a lump of coal--our shiny white iPod economy is propped up by dirty black rocks. Despite a legacy that has claimed millions of lives and ravaged the environment, coal has become hot again. Our desire to find a homegrown alternative to Mideast oil, the rising cost of oil and natural gas, and the mood in Washington will soon push our coal consumption through the roof. Because we have failed to develop alternative energy sources, coal has become the default fuel for the 21st century. Veteran journalist Goodell examines the faulty assumptions underlying coal's revival and shatters the myth of cheap coal energy. In a blend of investigative reporting, history, and business analysis, he illuminates the troubling economic imperatives America faces and the collusion of business and politics that has set us on this dangerous course.--From publisher description. The dig -- The Saudi Arabia of coal -- Coal colonies -- Dogholes -- The carbon express -- The burn -- Infinite needs -- The big dirty -- "A citizen wherever we serve" -- The heat -- Reversal of fortune-- The coal rush -- The frontier -- An empire of denial. Coal mines and mining United States. Coal Environmental aspects United States. Energy minerals United States. Coal trade United States. Coal. Online version: Goodell, Jeff. Big coal. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006 (OCoLC)622944331 Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005033199.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005033199-d.html Sample text http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0661/2005033199-s.html Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0736/2005033199-b.html https://archive.org/details/bigcoaldirtysecr00good Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24931547M Additional information and access via Open Library bigcoaldirtysecr00good ark:/13960/t91845n2d