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 be 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 . 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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