# Consuming Power

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- Book: [Consuming Power](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-e-nye/consuming-power) ([Consuming Power.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-e-nye/consuming-power.md))
- Authors: [David E. Nye](https://www.bookquiver.com/david-e-nye)
- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6264-038-1
- Pages: 352
- Published: 1999-02-18
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Nye uses energy as a touchstone to examine the lives of ordinary people engaged in normal activities. How did the United States become the world's largest consumer of energy? David Nye shows that this is...