Pulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin offers a revelatory new account of how energy revolutions, climate battles, and geopolitics are mapping our future
The world is being shaken by the collision of energy, climate change, and the clashing power of nations. The "shale revolution" in oil and gas-made possible by fracking technology, but not without controversy-has transformed the American economy, giving the United States unprecedented leverage in the world while putting an end to the "era of shortage". Almost overnight, and without many Americans realizing it, the United States has become the world's number one energy powerhouse, ahead of Saudi Arabia and Russia, upending the chessboard of global politics and changing the psychology of the global economy. Yet concern about the role of energy in climate change is roiling global political calculations, challenging industries and our way of life, and accelerating a second...