Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world. He then analyzes the role of creativity, technology, markets, and geopolitics in shaping the. Remaking of the modern world is an international bestselling book by energy expert daniel yergin. A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, daniel yergin continues the riveting story begun in his pulitzer prizewinning book, the prize. Naturally, when the wall street journal ran an excerpt from the book last week, it provoked a heated response from the peak oil camp. Energy, security and the remaking of the modern world by daniel. Daniel yergin is the author of the bestseller the quest. Toward the end of the quest, his sprawling book on energy, daniel yergin introduces an obscure 19thcentury character named sadi carnot. Boulder daniel yergin, pulitzer prizewinning author, will give the 2011 annual schultz lecture, speaking from his new book the quest. Daniel yergin audio books, best sellers, author bio. Complementing his pulitzerwinning the prize, yergins new book is a comprehensive study of global energy. The worlds global oil map is already being redrawn not by politicians, but by technology. Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world, could hardly be better. Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world, and, if anything, its an even better book.
Conversations host harry kreisler welcomes daniel yergin for a discussion of his new book, the quest. No peak oil to yergin who sees years of rising supplies. Human ingenuity, passion, the fall of caliphatism and the rise of prosperity. In the quest, yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the. Another superb book by daniel yergin, not quite as good as his unbeatable the prize but only marginally behind. The quest energy security and remaking of modern world. Mcclatchy newspaper in some areas, yergin is not that far apart from the peak oil community. His newest book comes out just a day before his report appearance, and it also concerns energy, the subject thats yergins specialty. Fracking is also one of the many subjects energy expert daniel yergin covers in his new book, the quest. Tracing his intellectual odyssey, yergin reflects on the challenges of writing a.
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News on climate in the time of coronavirus subscribe today. Daniel yergin is the author of the new bestseller the quest. The book was initially published on september 20, 2011 through penguin press and is considered to be the followup to yergins 1992. Fortune called him one of the planets foremost thinkers about energy and its implications. A visionary book, that gives context to the modern era of globalization and world markets. In there will be oilhis article in the wall street journal to plug his new book, the questyergin sums up a chapter of his book, the one about fears that the world will soon reach its peak of oil production. The battle for the world economy 2002, american wake 2004 and the claman countdown 2008. So begins oil historian daniel yergins much awaited new book, the sequel to the prize, the standard work on. Suffice to say that we get much new ground the events in oil since the. Daniel yergins new book, the quest, makes oil the moving force in the postcold war era. The books heroes are the engineers and scientists of the energy world.
Daniel yergin tells steven colbert peak oil is bunk. Daniel yergin, a pulitzer prizewinning historian and energy analyst, is one of the worlds greatest optimists about oil supplies. Described as a sequel to his book the prize, yergins the quest. Daniel yergin the quest politics and prose bookstore. Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world, daniel yergin analyzes how the pursuit of oil affects our world. Daniel yergin is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics and a pulitzer prize winner. To help understand the reasoning behind gatess thinking, one should read daniel yergins intelligent new opus, the quest. Daniel yergin examines americas quest for energy in his new book, the pulitzer prizewinning author and energy expert looks at how the need for. This is the new book on humanitys energy sources and choices by daniel yergin, who gained fame and influence for his pulitzerwinning 1991 account of the history of oil, the prize. The book was initially published on september 20, 2011 through penguin press and is considered to be the followup to yergins 1992 pulitzer prize winning history of oil, the prize, and describes the. From the rise of the petrostate to the future of renewable energy sources, from the scramble for the resources in the former soviet region to peak oil, from. Daniel yergin continues the riveting story begun in his pulitzer prizewinning book, the prize.
Daniel yergin examines americas quest for energy wbez. I n 1991, daniel yergin a yale and cambridgeeducated economist released the prize. Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world 2011 continued his history of the global oil industry but also addressed energy security, natural gas, electric power, climate change and the search for renewable sources of energy. Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world is an international bestselling book by energy expert daniel yergin. Daniel yergin is our most tenacious and experienced analyst of energy policy an effort that dates to his coauthorship of the groundbreaking book energy future in 1979.
Planet money we talk with daniel yergin, author of a new book called the quest. Tracing his intellectual odyssey, yergin reflects on the challenges of writing a comprehensive account of energy, and he highlights the importance of storytelling in crafting a powerful narrative. Energy, security, and the remaking of the modern world which has been hailed as a fascinating saga about the quest for sustainable resources of energy, and the book you must read to understand the future of our economy and our way of life, not to mention necessary reading for c. Daniel yergin analyzes the science, politics and economics of energy, and. The author of the pulitzerwinning the prize looks at how the energy industry evolved and where it is going.
Yergin, the founder of a leading energy consulting firm, is the author of several acclaimed books, most notably the prize, a monumental history of oil from its discovery to 1990. Crude oil price fluctuations have wrecked economies. This longawaited successor to daniel yergin s pulitzer prizewinning the prize provides an essential, overarching narrative of global energy, the principal engine of geopolitical and economic change a master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, daniel yergin continues the riveting story begun in his pulitzer prizewinning book, the prize. The onethousand page, exhaustively researched history book has since been called the bible of the oil industry, and in 1992, it earned yergin a welldeserved pulitzer prize for general nonfiction. Worldfamous energy historian and analyst daniel yergin has a new. Faulty logic hasnt kept yergin from dissing anyone whos bearish on oil supplies. Daniel yergin is americas most influential energy pundit, and the book that put him on.
A rapidly shifting energy landscape being reshaped by new technologies and a revival of u. Reviews of daniel yergins new book on energy, the quest, new york times oil price wall street journal npr usa today. A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change. This longawaited successor to daniel yergins pulitzer prizewinning the prize provides. Energy, security and the remaking of the modern world, serves up more of the same. It is searching, impartial and alarmingly up to date.
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