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Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
Penguin Press
October 2011
On Sale: September 20, 2011
816 pages
ISBN: 1594202834
EAN: 9781594202834
Kindle: B005JE2LN6
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Non-Fiction Political | Non-Fiction
This long-awaited successor to Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer
Prize-winning The Prize provides an essential, overarching
narrative of global energy, the principal engine of
geopolitical and economic change Renowned energy authority Daniel Yergin continues the
riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize winning book, The
Prize, in this gripping account of the quest for the energy
the world needs -- and the power and riches that come with
it. A master story teller as well as one of the world's
great experts, Yergin proves that energy is truly the engine
of global political and economic change, as well as central
to the battle over climate change. From the jammed streets
of Beijing, the shores of the Caspian Sea, and the conflicts
in the Mideast, to Capitol Hill and Silicon Valley, Yergin
takes us inside the decisions and choices that are shaping
our future. Without understanding the realities of energy
examined in The Quest, we may surrender our place at the
helm of history. One of our great narrative writers, Yergin tells the inside
stories -- of the oil market, the rise of the "petrostate",
the race to control the resources of the former Soviet
empire, and the massive corporate mergers that transformed
the oil landscape. He shows how the drama of oil—the
struggle for access to it, the battle for control, the
insecurity of supply, the consequences of its use, its
impact on the global economy, and the geopolitics that
dominate it—will continue to shape our world. He takes on
the toughest questions -- will we run out of oil, and are
China and the United States destined to conflict over oil? Yergin also reveals the surprising and turbulent history of
nuclear, coal, electricity, and natural gas. He
investigates the "rebirth of renewables" -- -- biofuels and
wind, as well as solar energy, which venture capitalists
are betting will be "the next big thing" for meeting the
needs of a growing world economy. He makes clear why
understanding this greening landscape and its future role
are crucial. Yergin further brings climate change into unique perspective
by offering an original and unprecedented history of how
the issue went from concerning a handful of scientists,
terrified of a new Ice Age, to one of the overarching issues
of our times. The Quest presents an extraordinary range of characters and
a panorama of dramatic stories that illustrate the
principles that will shape a robust and flexible energy
security system for the decades to come. It is an
extraordinary achievement from an author who is truly one of
our nation's great resources.
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