Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 - Plastic Cards -- 2 - From Seashells to Electrons -- 3 - More Than Money -- 4 - From Gourmets to the Masses -- 5 - From Sardi's to Saks.com -- 6 - It Takes Two to Tango -- 7 - Co-opetition and the Payment Card Ecosystem -- 8 - System Wars --...

Reflecting its reliance on fossil fuels, the electric power industry produces the majority of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. The need for a revolution in the industry becomes further apparent given that 'decarbonization' means an increasing electrification of other sectors of the...