Books
Freeman has authored several books, including Energy: The New Era (1974) and Winning Our Energy Independence (2007). Other books that contain his works include Oral history of the Tennessee Valley Authority: Interview with S. David Freeman, March 30, 1984 and Speeches by S. David Freeman (1997).
In Winning Our Energy Independence, S. David Freeman says we have the renewable energy we need to wean ourselves from the Three Poisons: foreign oil, dirty coal and dangerous nuclear power.
| “ | I say this based on my experience as the former head of the TVA, which bought and burned more than 30 million tons of coal a year. I was deeply involved in the strip mining, underground mining, trucking, and most importantly, the burning of huge quantities of coal. No one who has been deeply involved with coal can rightfully say it is clean | ” |
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—S. David Freeman in "Winning Our Energy Independence: An Energy Insider Shows How" |
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