The quest : energy, security and the remaking of the modern world /
This sequel to The Prize provides a narrative of global energy, the principal engine of geopolitical and economic change. The author, an energy authority continues the riveting story begun in the book, The Prize, in this account of the quest for the energy the world needs, and the power and riches t...
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2011.
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Table of Contents:
- 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
- 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
- Alternating currents
- The nuclear cycle
- Breaking the bargain
- Fuel choice
- Glacial change
- The age of discovery
- The road to Rio
- Making a market
- On the global agenda
- In search of consensus
- Rebirth of renewables
- Science experiment
- Alchemy of shining light
- Mystery of wind
- The fifth fuel--efficiency
- Closing the conservation gap
- Carbohydrate man
- Internal fire
- The great electric car experiment
- Conclusion: "A great revolution".
