Power Grab

Are we running out of energy? Are we doomed to repeated gasoline shortages, natural-gas restrictions, brownouts and blackouts, and, ultimately, the collapse of Western technological civilization?

Yes, says James A. Weber -- if we let the environmentalist "Conserver Cult" and its political minions continue their stranglehold on energy policy. But it doesn't have to be that way. ...

In this hard-hitting book, Mr. Weber, a writer with degrees in industrial engineering and urban studies, exposes the real nature of the current energy debate: an ideological battle rather than a scientific discussion. He reveals that the problem is not a lack of energy resources but an elitist, anti-technology, anti-people movement that is well along the road to success in its concerted effort to put the clamps on energy development.

The full text of Weber's pathbreaking book is available in Adobe Acrobat's PDF format.

Table of Contents

What Happened in 1970? (10 pages)

The Power Grab (6 pages)

The Conserver Cult (11 pages)

Freeman and the Ford Foundation (9 pages)

Congress, Carter and California (7 pages)

Energy Facts (10 pages)

Is the Energy There? (10 pages)

"Hard" Energy--Can We Get It? (10 pages)

"Soft" Energy--Can We Get It? (8 pages)

How Much Will It Cost? (13 pages)

Energy and the Environment (18 pages)

Energy and Safety (22 pages)

Energy and Price Controls (15 pages)

Energy and Conservation (17 pages)

The Coming Energy Catastrophe (9 pages)

Appendices - Notes - Bibliography - Index (29 pages)