The quest energy, security and the remaking of the modern world
"A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize--winning book, The Prize. In The Quest, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energi...
| Main Author: | Yergin, Daniel (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Penguin Books,
2012.
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| Edition: | Revised and updated. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1: The new world of oil. Russia returns ; The Caspian derby ; Across the Caspian ; "Supermajors" ; The petro-state ; Aggregate disruption ; War in Iraq ; The demand shock ; China's rise ; China in the fast lane
- Part 2: Securing the supply. Is the world running out of oil? ; Unconventional ; The security of energy ; Shifting sands in the Persian Gulf ; Gas on water ; The natural gas revolution
- Part 3: The electric age. Alternating currents ; The nuclear cycle ; Breaking the bargain ; The urgency of fuel choice
- Part 4: Climate and carbon. Glacial change ; The age of discovery ; The road to Rio ; Making a market ; On the global agenda ; In search of consensus
- Part 5: New energies. Rebirth of renewables ; Science experiment ; Alchemy of shining light ; Mystery of wind ; The fifth fuel - efficiency ; Closing the conservation gap
- Part 6: Road to the future. Carbohydrate man ; Internal fire ; The great electric car experiment
- Conclusion: "A great revolution".