The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World

<p>A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize–winning book, <i>The Prize</i>. In <i>The Quest</i>, 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 new energies that are competing to replace them.</p> <p><i>The Quest</i> tells the inside stories, tackles the tough questions, and reveals surprising&nbsp; insights about coal, electricity, and natural gas. He explains how climate change became a great issue and leads readers through the rebirth of renewable energies, energy independence, and the return of the electric car. Epic in scope and never more timely, <i>The Quest</i> vividly reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future.</p>