A collection of essays that examines forms of alternate energy and promising new energy technologies which are cleaner, safer, and more reliable than oil.

Overview of energy demand for students, policymakers, and readers without scientific backgrounds.

Two Economist experts reveal that the auto and oil industries are at a pivotal crossroads and have shaped domestic capitalism and the international landscape to create both progress and consequence, in an account that predicts a near-future revolution in energy use, car manufacture, and employment. Reprint.

A Nobel laureate imagines the techonolgies that will allow us to harness alternative fuel sources and power society, despite the lack of carbon-based fuels, in an intriguing look at two centuries into the future.