Book × The uest Energy Security and the Remaking of the Modern World Ç Daniel Yergin
Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year In this gripping account of the uest for the energy that our world needs Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize winning book The Prize A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change It is a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new energies that are competing to replace them From the jammed streets of Beijing to the shores of the Caspian Sea from the conflicts in the Mideast to Capitol Hill and Silicon Valley Yergin takes us into the decisions that are shaping our futureThe drama of oil the struggle for access the battle for control the insecur This book is a very comprehensive treatment of all the issues related to energy The book systematically describes the history economics development transportation security and future of the main sources of energy; oil natural gas coal nuclear electricity renewable wind solar hydroelectric plant based and conservation The danger of greenhouse gas causing climate change is also described in detail After reading this book I finally understand why we keep hearing predictions that fossil fuels will be exhausted in 20 30 years but production keeps increasing year after year The choices that countries make for supplying their energy needs are complicated inter connected and never straight forward The multitude of stories and anecdotes help keep the narrative interesting
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The uest Energy Security and the Remaking of the Modern WorldEring an unprecedented history of how the field of climate study went from the concern of a handful of nineteenth century scientists preoccupied with a new Ice Age into one of the most significant issues of our timesHe leads us through the rebirth of renewable energies and explores the distinctive stories of wind solar and biofuels He offers a perspective on the return of the electric car which some are betting will be necessary for a growing global economy The uest presents an extraordinary range of characters and dramatic stories that illustrate the principles that will shape a robust and flexible energy security system for the decades to come Energy is humbling in its scope but our future reuires that we deeply understand this global uest that is truly reshaping our world This is THE authoritative book on energy be it oil gas electricity wind solar You name it From the Caspian shores of Azerbaijan to the brownouts of 90s California Yergin covers literally the entire globe and explains the entire timeline of energy consumption This is a must read for anyone who wants a comprehensive understanding of the most fundamental factor in the world economy energy I felt this book was much better than Yergin's popular preuel the Pulitzer winning The Prize