For centuries, human activity has been dominated by the need to
fuel human civilization. Energy is unique: no other physical
resource in society has had such a wide-ranging impact on our
ecosystems, economy, public health, and personal liberties. And as
the era of fossil fuels stumbles to a close in the West, much of
the rest of the world is still just waking up to coal. We have
found ourselves on the cusp of a transition in how we get energy
that is both obvious and profoundly uncertain. We must decide our
next steps quickly. How can we invest responsibly now in a way that
will ensure our access to clean, affordable, and reliable energy
for the decades to come? In Power Trip, energy expert Michael E.
Webber takes readers on a global tour of energy's role in society
across many regions and several hundred years. Starting with
energy's end-uses and outcomes--water, food, wealth, cities,
transportation, and war--Webber uncovers the complicated
relationship our civilization has both with energy and its outputs.
We've stimulated entrepreneurship, innovation, and opportunity
beyond our wildest dreams--but it's come at the steep cost of
accelerating climate change, geopolitical insecurity, increased
economic inequality, and environmental degradation. Energy has
proven to be something we can't live with, and we can't live
without. But, as Webber argues, with long-term thinking, global
interconnection, and an emphasis on conservation, we can
simultaneously solve our energy supply's significant downsides
while setting ourselves up for a much brighter future.
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