Yergin observes that “the quest for energy goes on without end.” The public has a responsibility to consider this quest in a context broader than the price of gasoline at the pump, and to contemplate building a future in which the quest for energy and preservation of the planet can succeed together. He writes that “harnessing energy is what makes possible the world as we know it,” and therefore “it is essential to maintain the energy security focus” in formulating foreign policy and international collaboration. The Quest will be necessary reading for C.E.O. Yergin provides understandable descriptions of the constantly evolving policies and tools related to energy use. Yergin is back with a sequel to The Prize.It is called The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World, and, if anything, it’s an even better book.It is searching, impartial and alarmingly up to date.
Yergin notes that the increasing seriousness with which people consider climate change and the resulting efforts to regulate carbon dioxide “are transforming energy policy and markets, stimulating investment, and starting a torrent of technological research.” One example of this is the work in China, the “green dragon,” on manufacturing solar panels and wind turbines. In 1967, reports Yergin, scientists hypothesized that a doubling of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would increase average global temperatures by 3 to 4 degrees. Beyond energy security are the side effects of energy usage, especially climate change.
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