"With growing concerns about the security, cost, and ecological consequences of energy use, people around the world are … power, fuel and energy that have sustained Canadians over time and played a pivotal role in their history."-- … various forms of energy changed over time, tansforming almost every aspect of society in the process. Chapters in Part I …

"Rapid changes in energy production and consumption are having major socioeconomic implications for the communities of … rural America. Technological developments in horizontal drilling, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) nuclear energy, biofuels …, wind and solar energy have significantly increased domestic energy production and the production of energy from renewable …