Substantial successes have been achieved since 1973 in increasing energy efficiency and substituting other fuels for … complacency as any relaxation in energy policy efforts may well contribute to provoking the next oil price shock. …

"Changing Energy outlines how humanity came to its current energy economy through three previous energy transitions and … now stands poised for a necessary fourth one. Despite the immense benefits conferred by a global energy economy based … primarily on coal, oil, gas, and uranium, societies must now rebuild their energy economies to rely as much as possible on …

"Recent changes in the global production and flow of energy have remade the world. In this book, the author reveals the … forces shaping the future of energy, both renewable and fossil fuel. The New Map offers a new vision of the world's energy …