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energy
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December 30, 2025
The Great Energy Transition from 1876 to 1929
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After the American Century In March of 2026 I will publish The Great Energy Transition, America from 1876 to 1929, my 13th book with The MI...
December 20, 2022
The big picture on Energy in 2023
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After the American Century Newspaper stories about energy tend to focus on particular countries, new technologies, or one energy sector at a...
February 24, 2021
The Lone Star will not always shine if disconnected from the national grid
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After the American Century The Texas Blackout reveals the state's ambivalence toward the rest of the US. Texas liked to think of itself...
October 10, 2018
US lags in reacting to longterm trends in energy, pollution, and global warming
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After the American Century The times are out of joint. The short term outlook is good, if by this one means unemployment is low, interes...
February 22, 2018
The Energy Transition from Gas to Electricity
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American Illuminations : The Energy Transition from Gas to Electricity After the American Century In 1900 the city of Cincinnati s...
February 02, 2018
Our energy transition
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After the American Century We are living in the midst of an energy transition, shifting away from fossil fuels to solar, wind, biomass, ...
June 02, 2017
Why the US Should Have Signed the Paris Climate Accords
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After the American Century I have been studying the history of energy, especially electricity, for three decades.* In fact, I spent...
January 02, 2014
The Longterm Perils of Fracking
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After the American Century Fracking is much in the news. This new way of extracting oil and natural gas is controversial because, while ...
July 09, 2013
The Poor Use of Energy in the Middle East
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