The Quest : Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World By Yergin, Daniel Publisher : Penguin Pr Published Date : 2011/09 Binding : Hardcover ISBN : 9781594202834 BookWeb Price : MYR 144.20 Kinokuniya Privilege Card member price : MYR 129.78 Availability Status : Available for order from suppliers. Usually dispatches within 3 weeks. Language : English

 
Introduction                                       1  (8)
Prologue                                           9  (12)
  PART ONE The New World of Oil
    1 Russia Returns                               21 (22)
    2 The Caspian Derby                            43 (21)
    3 Across the Caspian                           64 (19)
    4 "Supermajors"                                83 (23)
    5 The Petro-State                              106(19)
    6 Aggregate Disruption                         125(16)
    7 War in Iraq                                  141(18)
    8 The Demand Shock                             159(30)
    9 China's Rise                                 189(20)
    10 China in the Fast Lane                      209(18)
  PART TWO Securing the Supply
    11 Is the World Running Out of Oil?            227(15)
    12 Unconventional                              242(22)
    13 The Security of Energy                      264(20)
    14 Shifting Sands in the Persian Gulf          284(26)
    15 Gas on Water                                310(15)
    16 The Natural Gas Revolution                  325(20)
  PART THREE The Electric Age
    17 Alternating Currents                        345(16)
    18 The Nuclear Cycle                           361(18)
    19 Breaking the Bargain                        379(17)
    20 Fuel Choice                                 396(23)
  PART FOUR Climate and Carbon
    21 Glacial Change                              419(13)
    22 The Age of Discovery                        432(21)
    23 The Road to Rio                             453(18)
    24 Making a Market                             471(17)
    25 On the Global Agenda                        488(17)
    26 In Search of Consensus                      505(18)
  PART FIVE New Energies
    27 Rebirth of Renewables                       523(25)
    28 Science Experiment                          548(15)
    29 Alchemy of Shining Light                    563(25)
    30 Mystery of Wind                             588(26)
    31 The Fifth Fuel---Efficiency                 614(12)
    32 Closing the Conservation Gap                626(17)
  PART SIX Road to the Future
    33 Carbohydrate Man                            643(22)
    34 Internal Fire                               665(21)
    35 The Great Electric Car Experiment           686(25)
Conclusion: "A Great Revolution"                   711(7)
Acknowledgments                                    718(4)
Photo Credits                                      722(2)
Notes                                              724(34)
Bibliography                                       758(16)
Index                                              774