NetLibrary March Book of the Month

In Two Billion Cars, transportation experts Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon provide a concise history of America's love affair with cars and an overview of the global oil and auto industries. America is still the leading emissions culprit, and what is especially worrying is that developing nations are becoming car-centric cultures as well. The authors explain how we arrived in this dangerous state, and also what we can do about it. Sperling and Gordon expose the roots of the problem-- the resistant auto-industry, dysfunctional oil markets, short-sighted government policies, and unmotivated consumers. They zero in on reforming our gas-guzzling culture, expanding the search for low-carbon fuels, environment-friendly innovations in transportation planning, and more. Promising advances in both transportation technology and fuel efficiency together with shifts in travel behavior, they suggest, offer us a realistic way out of our predicament.

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Trials on Databases

Along with books, MJ Library purchases databases for articles and other information that are useful for all subjects we teach at NDSCS. On the library main web page, there is a link to NEW resources and any trials we may be carrying out. This has been changed several times lately as we look for new things to add. We invite you to look at the new links and make comments to the library staff, as this helps us determine if these are worth purchasing for our college community.