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

By: Yergin, Daniel.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, c2011Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [724]-773) and index.Description: ix, 804 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781594202834 (hardcover) :; 1594202834 (hardcover) :.Subject(s): Power resources -- Political aspects | Money -- Political aspects | GlobalizationDDC classification: 333.79
Contents:
The New World of Oil. 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 -- Securing the Supply. 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 -- The Electric Age. Alternating currents ; The nuclear cycle ; Breaking the bargain ; Fuel choice -- Climate and Carbon. Glacial change ; The age of discovery ; The road to Rio ; Making a market ; On the global agenda ; In search of consensus -- New Energies. Rebirth of renewables ; Science experiment ; Alchemy of shining light ; Mystery of wind ; The fifth fuel, efficiency ; Closing the conservation gap -- Road to the Future. Carbohydrate man ; Internal fire ; The great electric car experiment -- "A great revolution."
Summary: This sequel to The Prize provides a narrative of global energy, the principal engine of geopolitical and economic change.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [724]-773) and index.

The New World of Oil. 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 -- Securing the Supply. 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 -- The Electric Age. Alternating currents ; The nuclear cycle ; Breaking the bargain ; Fuel choice -- Climate and Carbon. Glacial change ; The age of discovery ; The road to Rio ; Making a market ; On the global agenda ; In search of consensus -- New Energies. Rebirth of renewables ; Science experiment ; Alchemy of shining light ; Mystery of wind ; The fifth fuel, efficiency ; Closing the conservation gap -- Road to the Future. Carbohydrate man ; Internal fire ; The great electric car experiment -- "A great revolution."

This sequel to The Prize provides a narrative of global energy, the principal engine of geopolitical and economic change.

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