The quest : energy, security and the remaking of the modern world. / Daniel Yergin

By: , 2012Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Penguin Books, 2012Description: ix, 804 p., ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN: 9780241957776LOC classification: HD9502.A2 Y47
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".
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HD9502.A2 Y47 (Browse shelf) Available 9122/592/22

Includes:notes,bibliography and index.


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".

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