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008			120120s2011 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aHD9502.A2 _bY47 2011
082	0	0	_a333.79 YER
100	1		_aYergin, Daniel
245	1	4	_aThe quest _b: energy, security and the remaking of the modern world _c/ by Daniel Yergin
260			_aNew York _b: Penguin Press _c, 2011.
300			_aix, 804 p., [32] p. of plates _b: ill., maps _c; 25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [724]-773) and index.
520			_aYergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change. It is a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new energies that are competing to replace them. From the jammed streets of Beijing to the shores of the Caspian Sea, from the conflicts in the Mideast to Capitol Hill and Silicon Valley, Yergin takes us into the decisions that are shaping our future. The drama of oil-the struggle for access, the battle for control, the insecurity of supply, the consequences of use, its impact on the global economy, and the geopolitics that dominate it-continues to profoundly affect our world.. Yergin tells the inside stories of the oil market and the surge in oil prices, the race to control the resources of the former Soviet empire, and the massive mergers that transformed the landscape of world oil. He tackles the toughest questions: Will we run out of oil? Are China and the United States destined to come into conflict over oil? How will a turbulent Middle East affect the future of oil supply? Yergin also reveals the surprising and sometimes tumultuous history of nuclear and coal, electricity, and the "shale gale" of natural gas, and how each fits into the larger marketplace. He brings climate change into unique perspective by offering an unprecedented history of how the field of climate study went from the concern of a handful of nineteenth- century scientists preoccupied with a new Ice Age into one of the most significant issues of our times. He leads us through the rebirth of renewable energies and explores the distinctive stories of wind, solar, and biofuels. He offers a perspective on the return of the electric car, which some are betting will be necessary for a growing global economy.
650		0	_aGlobalization
650		0	_aMoney _x--Political aspects
650		0	_aPower resources _x--Political aspects
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