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“I plan to deliver an address from the Oval Office one month from today. The topic will be oil dependence.” With these opening words, Freedom from Oil takes the reader to the highest levels of government, as Cabinet members and White House aides debate how to break our addiction to oil. In a fast-moving narrative, David Sandalow shows how to solve this problem while offering a unique window into the White House at work. A White House veteran, Sandalow explores what would happen if the next President made breaking the United States' addiction to oil a top priority. In crisp and clear prose, Sandalow explains the size of the challenge and then offers a powerful message of hope. “This issue unites Americans,” he writes. “Game-changing technologies are at hand.” Plug-in cars, biofuels and measures to improve traffic are all part of the solution. Throughout the book, profiles of fascinating individuals help bring serious policy dialogue to life. From the commander of U.S. forces in western Iraq to a grandmother in northern Alaska to an electric car entrepreneur to the winner of the Indianapolis 500, Freedom from Oil is filled with stories of people whose lives have been touched by oil dependence-and are working to find solutions. Drawing on both his government experience and energy expertise, Sandalow depicts the President's top advisers as they explore options, shape solutions and create national policy, culminating in an inspiring speech by the President to the nation.

作者簡介

戴維·桑德羅(David Sandalow)，布魯金斯學會能源和環境專傢及高級研究員。現任“剋林頓全球倡議”能源和氣候工作組主席。曾齣任主管海洋、國際環境和科學事務的助理國務9即、美國國傢安全委員會負責環境事務的資深主任和白宮環境質量委員會負責全球環境的副主任等職務。經常在《紐約時報》、《華盛頓郵報》、《華盛頓時報》、《金融時報》、《國際先驅論壇報》和《科學》等刊物上發錶文章。