COVER AND INTRODUCTION

BACKUP PLAN

Part 1: The Rush for Backup Generators
Part 2: How The Texas Electric Grid Broke
Part 3: Electric Grid Changing Ramifications

ARMAGEDDON ON A BUDGET
AFFORDABLE PRODUCTS IN POWER OUTAGES

Portable Storage Batteries
Hand-Crank and Pedal Generators
Flashlights, Electric Lanterns, & Headlamps
Weather Radios
Low-Impact Biomass Cooking
Space Blankets and Blizzard Blankets
Winter Clothing
Battery-Heated Clothing
Summer Clothing
Active Wearable Cooling Devices

WHILE TEXAS FROZE:
TEXAS EXPORTS FUEL DURING ENERGY EMERGENCY

PART 1
When Called Upon
Exporting LNG Proved Disastrous
What is LNG?
The Shipping Manifests
Fracking Changed Everything

PART 2
Emergency Response in an Energy Emergency
Premonitions of the ERCOT Energy Collapse
Using LNG Could Have Relieved the Suffering
LNG Terminals Outside Regulatory Reach
How Many Homes Would Have Kept Power On?
Using LNG Common in Other States
Paying More While Texas Froze

GAMBLING FOR THE PLANET
Part 1: Funding a Clean Energy Backup Plan
Clean, Safe, Carbon-free,…and Finicky
Energy Storage and Dispatchable Generation
Repurposing the GreenChoice Program
The Bigger Wager
The Dangers of Global Warming

Part 2: New Technology
Alternatives to Lithium Batteries
Thermal Batteries
Geothermal Energy

Part 3: U.S. State Research and Development

New York Energy Research
Connecticut Innovations
California Utility Research

Documentation

THE COMING AUSTIN WATER SHORTAGE

AUSTIN WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

LOCALLY-GROWN FOOD

The Storm Cellar: Food Resilience
Farm Stands & Community Supported Agriculture
Farmers’ Markets

GREEN CLEANING PRODUCTS

RESILIENCY AT AUSTIN PARKS

TRAVIS COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS

AUSTIN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS

General Purpose
Air Quality
Building/Design
Education
Energy
Environmental Justice
Food
Fundraising
Grassroots Organizing
Health
Parks
Politics
Recycling
Special Purpose
Transportation
Trees & Plants
Water
Wildlife

STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION