Reviews for Measuring Current, Voltage And Power

The average rating for Measuring Current, Voltage And Power based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-06-16 00:00:00 Alphonso Lyles Jr. This book occupies a fairly unique genre, one I call political-aspirationist. Its basically a genre of books written, co-written, or written with the aide of ghost-writers by politicians who wish to establish the legitimacy of their career by laying early ground work to tack onto their political CVs later down the road when they start making moves for big offices. Its sort of a dry run for public office on a bigger stage because it requires them to advocate issues and inspire a political base while still holding all the marbles in their mouths, as it were. This work is a classical and fairly decent job of such an endeavor. Mr. Inslee, now governor of the State of Washington and who was a Representative from that state at the time of this writing basically pulls out all the stops from firing up the base, to dog-whistling, to invoking politicians of now and times past, while actually interjecting some substance, primarily on the issue of sustainability and the new green economy, and coherent thought. The bottom line, though, if you aren't already drinking this kool-aid you won't be buying what he's selling, but if you are a moderate to liberal who supports a specific set of democratic causes such as environmentalism and neo-liberal economic positions then you will probably enjoy this book and as such, will prepare for Mr. Inslee's inevitable appearance on the grand scene sometime in the next four to six years. Focusing on the actual substance for a moment, this book actually has some pretty strong construction around the topic of sustainability and the green economy. The authors give full disclosure of their involvement in biofuels and cellulosic ethanol and then proceed to explain why their state, but really the nation benefit and can benefit more from investments in renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, hydro, and biofuels. They go into some pretty wonky details such as the (then) future of companies like A123 (which has actually gone bankrupt and is being sold to Chinese private equity, but thats another issue), the potential of Texas wind farms, the public benefit of municipal energy consortiums who focus on renewable energy, such as Seattle City Light, the global and economic realities of countries who have invested in cellulosic ethanol such as Brazil, the types of jobs available to low-income and low-skilled Americans (evermore in this current economy being squeezed out of the work force), and the list goes on. To quite a large extent, Inslee does not just make a bunch of hand-waving arguments but actually digs into some hard facts and figures and cites sources on a regular basis. Meanwhile, their are definitely some short-comings. The need to stay on balance in a solidly moderate liberal, though still somewhat divided, state means the need to call-out potential or possibly current donors for being, so honorable, such as Dow and "coal". Of course, both of these institutions are essentially antithetical to the notion of sustainability, but to call these deep pockets to task would be political suicide. Mr. Inslee has a seemingly bright and strong future in the coming Democratic political elite, the question is less if he can capitalize on his merits but how. Hopefully, he sticks true to his cause that he champions extremely strongly in this work and doesn't morph into the dreaded inevitability of diluted political aspirations. As I say, its inevitable really, because those who actually stick to causes especially those that oppose a given order of political elite end up like another former politician evoked in this work, that being Senator Paul Wellstone.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-06-14 00:00:00 Brett Piskorowski This is not an easy book to read -- which is a shame. There are some powerful ideas here and lots of information people should hear, with regularity.