The United States is in the throes of two unfolding energy revolutions, and partisans--convinced that only their side holds the key to American prosperity, security, and safety--are battling over which one should prevail. In The Power Surge, Michael Levi takes readers inside these revolutions. He shows how oil and gas production, after decades in decline, are being propelled upward by new technologies and high prices, prompting enthusiasts to predict an economic renaissance and impending energy independence. On the other side of the fight, he visits eco-startups and manufacturers betting on a new energy future, revealing how more efficient cars and trucks are increasingly dominating the road and costs for renewable energy have plummeted, leading many to herald a starkly different future that moves beyond fossil fuels and saves the planet.Armed with on-the-ground lessons, and drawing on insights from economics, politics, international relations, and climate science, The Power Surge takes on the big claims made by both sides in the fight over American energy, explaining why the purists are often wrong. Both unfolding revolutions in American energy offer big opportunities for the country to strengthen its economy, bolster its security, and protect the environment. Levi shows how to seize those with a new strategy that blends the best of old and new energy while avoiding the real dangers that each poses.

Product Description: One of the greatest challenges facing human civilization is the provision of secure, affordable energy without causing catastrophic environmental damage. As the world's largest economy, and as a world leader in energy technologies, the United States is a particularly important case...read more

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Product Description: Americans take for granted that when we flip a switch the light will go on, when we turn up the thermostat the room will get warm, and when we pull up to the pump gas will be plentiful and relatively cheap. In The End of Energy, Michael Graetz shows us that we have been living an energy delusion for forty years...read more

Product Description: With concerns about energy security and new advances in renewable energy resources, the energy industry is sure to be one of the most exciting and important career fields in the 21st century.

Product Description: The United States faces a major challenge today to create a coherent and comprehensive energy policy that accommodates and coordinates, where possible, domestic and foreign policy priorities and objectives in an effective manner. In this context, the James A...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This exciting new book covers everything from major oil companies to electric and gas utilities, plus gas pipelines, refiners/retailers, oil field services, co-generation, engineering and alternative energy. Extensive use of tables and charts to draw detailed pictures of the state of the national and global oil and gas situation...read more

Product Description: In Who Owns the Sun? Daniel Berman and John O'Connor argue that democratic control of solar energy is the key to revitalizing America -- putting power back into the hands of local people. A decentralized solar economy will bring thousands of new jobs to local communities that would no longer be exporting millions of energy dollars every year to transnational corporations and oil cartels...read more

Product Description: A well-written and extremely informative book about our energy industries, their significance to the economy, and how economists analyze the problems associated with energy production and consumption. The reader with only a cursory knowledge of economic principles, as well as trained economists, will learn much from Peirce's incisive and sometimes acerbic examination of the coal, oil, natural gas, electric utility, nuclear power, and the alternative energy industries...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Argues that the U.S. has made errors in setting its energy policy, looks at the reasons for these mistakes, and suggests a new model for our energy needs

Explores alternative energy sources that will decrease the world's dependency on oil including natural gas, coal, synthetic fuel, power from the atom, and solar energy. Also discusses the importance of conserving energy sources.

Essays recommend methods for lowering energy costs and averting energy shortages through the elimination of the government regulation of the energy industry

Describes the development of the energy industry and examines the economics of petroleum, natural gas, coal, and nuclear power