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Table of Contents
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List of Figures |
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List of Tables |
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Acknowledgments |
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Introduction |
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Overarching Question |
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Belief-Based Decision Making |
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Organization of the Chapters |
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Chapter 1: Two Stories |
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The Nuclear Power Story |
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The Synthetic Fuels Story |
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Chronology |
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Chapter 2: The State and Its Ideology |
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National Security State in the Cold War |
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Welfare State in the Energy Crisis |
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Chapter 3: Symbols in Social Dramas |
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Shippingport |
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The War and Peace Dichotomy |
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The Atomic Age as Metaphor and Myth |
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Nuclear Power as a Symbol For Progress |
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The Oil Crisis and “There Is No Alternative” |
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Synthetic Fuels as a Dramaturgical Failure |
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Chapter 4: The Bandwagon Market |
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Forecaster's Dilemma |
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Forging Consensus |
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The Nuclear Power Bandwagon Market (1964–1975) |
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The Stillborn Synfuel Bandwagon |
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Chapter 5: The Revolt Against Modernity |
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The Modernist View of Progress |
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Elitism Versus Egalitarianism |
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Growth Versus No-Growth |
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Hard Versus Soft Energy Paths |
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Technical Fix Versus Lifestyle Change |
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Rationality Versus Emotion |
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Factional Melodrama |
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Social Change or Not? |
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Chapter 6: Conclusion and Policy Implications |
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Lessons on R&D Strategy |
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Challenge of Political Strategy |
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Lessons on Energy Strategy |
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Notes |
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Bibliography |
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Index |