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Brittle Power- PARTS 1-3 (+Notes) - Natural Capitalism Solutions

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ContentsForewordAdmiral Thomas H. Moorer and R. James WoolseyAcknowledgmentsPART ONE: BRITTLE POWERChapter One National Energy InsecurityHow did we become so vulnerable? 2Purpose and scope 4Organization 8Chapter Two What Can Go Wrong? 10<strong>Natural</strong> events 10Deliberate actions 14Mistakes 15Command, control, and communications disruptions 16Chapter Three How Systems Fail 19Complexity 19Many failures from one source 20Unpredictable interactions 22Tracing higher-order consequences: an illustration 25Surprises 27Chapter Four What Makes the Energy System Vulnerable? 30Dangerous materials 31Limited public acceptance 33Centralization of supplies 34Long haul distances 35Limited substitutability 36Continuity and synchronism in grids 38Inflexibilities of energy delivery systems 40Interactions between energy systems 42High capital intensity 43ixxiv

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