Citations for Chapter One: Mindset

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  1. Meadows (2), Randers and Behrens, The Limits to Growth, Potomac Associates Press. http://collections.dartmouth.edu/teitexts/meadows/diplomatic/meadows_ltg-diplomatic.html
     
  2. Background reading on aluminum’s value. Slate Magazine, “Blogging the Periodic Table.” http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/elements/features/2010/blogging_the_periodic_table/aluminum_it_used_to_be_more_precious_than_gold.html
     
  3. Background reading on the Hall–Héroult process to extract aluminum:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall%E2%80%93H%C3%A9roult_process
     
  4. Background reading on sugar taxation and its former status as a luxury commodity:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sugar
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Act
     
  5. Background reading on Graphene. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene. (See Chapter Ten for a full breakdown in materials and recycling).
     
  6. U.S. Energy Information Administration. "Most U.S. nuclear power plants were built between 1970 and 1990." 27 April, 2017. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=30972
     
  7. Electronic calculators emerged in the 1970's and weren't commercially prevalent until the second half of the decade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculator#1970s_to_mid-1980s
     
  8. Foreign Policy Magazine. “Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict.” M. Klare. May, 2001. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/capsule-review/2001-05-01/resource-wars-new-landscape-global-conflict
     
    Global Policy Forum. “The Dark Side of National Resources.” https://www.globalpolicy.org/the-dark-side-of-natural-resources-st.html
     
  9. Energy Information Administration. “What is U.S. electricity generation by energy source?” https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3
     
  10. Information on the number of Energy Utilities operating in the United States. https://www.publicpower.org/system/files/documents/2018-Public-Power-Statistical-Report-Updated.pdf
     
  11. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. “Electric Power Markets.” https://www.ferc.gov/market-assessments/mkt-electric/overview.asp
     
  12. Advisian Consulting. “The Costs of Desalination.” D. Mishra. 15 February, 2018. https://www.advisian.com/en-us/global-perspectives/the-cost-of-desalination
     
  13. Energy Information Administration data on electricity sales: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_02_05.html
     
  14. Energy Information Administration. “Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers.” https://www.eia.gov/electricity/annual/html/epa_02_04.html
     
  15. Background reading on Electrolysis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis
     
  16. See Chapter Nine for details and citations
     
  17. See Chapter Ten for details and citations