On the Grid

A Plot of Land, an Average Neighborhood, and the Systems That Make Our World Work

Business & Finance, Business Reference, Infrastructure, Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Architecture, Planning, History, Americas, United States, 20th Century
Cover of the book On the Grid by Scott Huler, Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
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Author: Scott Huler ISBN: 9781605290904
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale Publication: May 11, 2010
Imprint: Rodale Books Language: English
Author: Scott Huler
ISBN: 9781605290904
Publisher: Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Publication: May 11, 2010
Imprint: Rodale Books
Language: English

Turn on a switch and from the nearest bulb out pours light from... somewhere; turn on a faucet and water appears. Wires, pipes, and roads support the lives we lead, but the average person doesn't know where they go or even how they work. In On the Grid, Scott Huler takes the time to understand the systems that sustain our way of life, starting from his own quarter of an acre in North Carolina and traveling as far as ancient Rome.

Each chapter follows one element of infrastructure back to its source. Huler visits power plants, watches new asphalt pavement being laid, and traces a drop of water backward from the faucet to the Gulf of Mexico. He reaches out to guides along the way, both the workers who operate these systems and the people who plan them.

On the Grid brings infrastructure to life and details the ins and outs of our civilization with fascinating, back-to-basics information about the systems we all depend on.

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Turn on a switch and from the nearest bulb out pours light from... somewhere; turn on a faucet and water appears. Wires, pipes, and roads support the lives we lead, but the average person doesn't know where they go or even how they work. In On the Grid, Scott Huler takes the time to understand the systems that sustain our way of life, starting from his own quarter of an acre in North Carolina and traveling as far as ancient Rome.

Each chapter follows one element of infrastructure back to its source. Huler visits power plants, watches new asphalt pavement being laid, and traces a drop of water backward from the faucet to the Gulf of Mexico. He reaches out to guides along the way, both the workers who operate these systems and the people who plan them.

On the Grid brings infrastructure to life and details the ins and outs of our civilization with fascinating, back-to-basics information about the systems we all depend on.

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