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The New Map
- Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Politics & Government
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The Quest
- Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
- Written by: Daniel Yergin
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 29 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize–winning book, The Prize. In The Quest, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new energies that are competing to replace them. The Quest tells the inside stories, tackles the tough questions, and reveals surprising insights about coal, electricity, and natural gas.
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a must read for energy enthusiast
- By Mo Rahmani on 2020-07-11
Written by: Daniel Yergin
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The Prize
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- Written by: Daniel Yergin
- Narrated by: Bob Jamieson
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
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The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil, and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. The Prize is as much a history of the 20th-century as of the oil industry itself.
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Abridged - disappointed
- By jws on 2021-11-16
Written by: Daniel Yergin
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The World for Sale
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- Written by: Javier Blas, Jack Farchy
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In The World for Sale, two leading journalists lift the lid on one of the least scrutinised corners of the economy: the workings of the billionaire commodity traders who buy, hoard and sell the earth's resources. It is the story of how a handful of swashbuckling businessmen became indispensable cogs in global markets: enabling an enormous expansion in international trade and connecting resource-rich countries - no matter how corrupt or war-torn - with the world's financial centres.
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Great insights
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The Hydrogen Revolution
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- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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Great book about the future of energy
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Energy and Civilization
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excellent delivery of a complex subject
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The World
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The World is designed to provide listeners of any age and experience with the essential background and building blocks they need to make sense of this complicated and interconnected world. It will empower them to manage the flood of daily news. Listeners will become more informed, discerning citizens, better able to arrive at sound, independent judgments. While it is impossible to predict what the next crisis will be or where it will originate, those who listen to The World will have what they need to understand its basics and the principal choices for how to respond.
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Excellent snapshot of where we are today.
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The Quest
- Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
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A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize–winning book, The Prize. In The Quest, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new energies that are competing to replace them. The Quest tells the inside stories, tackles the tough questions, and reveals surprising insights about coal, electricity, and natural gas.
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a must read for energy enthusiast
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Abridged - disappointed
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Great insights
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Great book about the future of energy
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excellent delivery of a complex subject
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Excellent snapshot of where we are today.
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Publisher's Summary
A Wall Street Journal best seller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020!
Named Energy Writer of the Year for The New Map by the American Energy Society
“A master class on how the world works.” (NPR)
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 in a time of global crisis. Out of this tumult is emerging a new map of energy and geopolitics. The "shale revolution" in oil and gas has transformed the American economy, ending the "era of shortage" but introducing a turbulent new era. Almost overnight, the United States has become the world's number one energy powerhouse. Yet concern about energy's role in climate change is challenging the global economy and way of life, accelerating a second energy revolution in the search for a low-carbon future. All of this has been made starker and more urgent by the coronavirus pandemic and the economic dark age that it has wrought.
World politics is being upended, as a new cold war develops between the United States and China, and the rivalry grows more dangerous with Russia, which is pivoting east toward Beijing. Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping are converging both on energy and on challenging American leadership, as China projects its power and influence in all directions. The South China Sea, claimed by China and the world's most critical trade route, could become the arena where the United States and China directly collide. The map of the Middle East, which was laid down after World War I, is being challenged by jihadists, revolutionary Iran, ethnic and religious clashes, and restive populations. But the region has also been shocked by the two recent oil price collapses - and by the very question of oil's future in the rest of this century.
A master storyteller and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin takes the listener on an utterly riveting and timely journey across the world's new map. He illuminates the great energy and geopolitical questions in an era of rising political turbulence and points to the profound challenges that lie ahead.
What the critics say
“The veteran energy analyst Daniel Yergin has turned his considerable talents to explaining how the world continues to be shaped by oil in his latest book, The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations . . . Reportorial and supremely readable—no mean feat among geostrategy tomes.” —Wall Street Journal
“A lucid, judicious overview of global energy and its discontents.” —Publishers Weekly
“Yergin delivers a fascinating and meticulously researched page-turner . . . Required reading. Another winner from a master.” —Kirkus (starred review)
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- Ed Ho
- 2022-05-06
An energy transition must read!
I have read a lot of books on the energy transition over the last couple of years and this one is by far the best. Excellent narration. fantastic content and very well told story
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- Patricia Piironen
- 2021-12-24
Interesting and relevant
The world of oil and gas so well researched and logically pulled together - hard to put down and then to realize it was over. l
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- Ron van Wachem
- 2021-12-14
Learned a lot
Everyone needs to read this book gives a great perspective on many different areas of the world and how important energy is to all of us.
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- David Runs World
- 2021-09-20
Excellent for the energy and geopolitic fans
For anyone who wants to understand the energy Roadmap as well geopolitics. Recommend 100%
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- edd
- 2021-07-01
no one knows more about energy than yergin
I enjoyed his take on energy geopolitics
I particularly enjoyed the history of shale oil
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- Cal
- 2021-01-17
Excellent Breakdown of History/Politics of Energy
Oil, EV, renewables, developed and developing countries. A history of global oil and it's political effect. An overview of where we are today and ideas on where we're headed. As someone looking for a realistic take on the current state of energy, not optimistic or pessimistic, this really ticks all the boxes. Also great writing and performance, I listened to the whole thing in less than 2 days- was great.
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- Marc
- 2021-01-05
Wow!
Up to date, highly informative's book on energy from shale gaz to electric cars. A page turner and a most read.
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- Jonathan Kelman
- 2021-02-23
Not his best: Overly broad, kind of sloppy
I respect Yergin as an energy historian, but this book tries to do too much and engages in too many broad generalizations with too few backing details. As might be expected from his background, he does best in discussions about the drama of the oil and gas industry. The inclusion of climate change seems tacked on, and his discussion of it seems thin. For instance, he mentions the expected costs of a low carbon energy future, but makes no comparison to the economic costs of climate change. Furthermore, his description of policy proposals like the Green New Deal seems to be drawn predominantly from Fox News talking points. Yergin is an accomplished historian capable of detailed research, so I expected better.
15 people found this helpful
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- John
- 2020-09-18
Too many opinions and lacking facts.
The age old problem of having an opinion projecting a thesis and then finding and selecting information to back up your thesis.
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- KBB
- 2020-09-29
Enlightening
Connecting all the dots past, present and future of the impact from energy. The people, organizations and politics involvement in shaping history. How government and religions have correlated their actions to energy. The facts supporting the historical accounts, the dates and timelines, the order of events leading to a clear dissertation one can understand if one has the interest to do so in calming the misunderstanding and misinformation concerning energies past, present and future. Yergin has picked up from the epic “The Prize” and delivered the update in a course that should be required as a citizen of this planet.
6 people found this helpful
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- Glenbo
- 2020-10-01
A must read balanced view on state of Energy!
excellent neutral and subjective analysis of geopolitical map and future of energy. Puts into perspective the possible consequences of top down clean energy at any cost. The challenges of developing economies to balance growth and pollution fairly explained A must read for anyone who wants a subjective, unbiased analysis of the state and future of energy and hence the future of nations
5 people found this helpful
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- Laurence
- 2020-09-27
Exceptional and informed discussion of energy
An intelligent and interesting history of energy over the last 150 years and a realistic look forward over the next 50 years. Covers the political significance of oil and other forms of energy, the transition we are experiencing and the importance of energy, especially for the 2.5 billion people that do not have it today. Very interesting and well written. A must read if you want to discuss energy and climate change in a balanced and informed manner.
5 people found this helpful
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- Stephen S S Hyde
- 2020-10-07
Oil & Gas Are Here to Stay
An extremely well-researched, well-analyzed, and well-done book by an industry insider providing a global perspective on the energy picture over the next 30 years.
3 people found this helpful
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- mehmet KINACI
- 2020-09-26
Future of Energy and politics
This is an excellent follow up analysis of energy in Quest addressing issues climate, future of energy and global politics. A comprehensive study of potential implications of COVID-19 that could help pundits of policy and strategy field.
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- dyna
- 2021-06-28
Jomo
While the history and writing are impeccable this author is obviously biased toward fossil fuels. In fact I almost wonder if he was commissioned. To be more balanced I would really love to have heard more about the impact of fossil fuels on our environment and the millions of lives lost each year due to respiratory illness caused by the burning of fossil fuels. It was a good read all in all but I lose interest when I feel there is an agenda.
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- Thomas Story
- 2020-10-22
Informative until...
I found the first 40 chapters insightful and informative.
Then, the topic turned to a non-discussion of climate. I expected a scientific discussion. I was disappointed. No Socratic debate, only canned lauditories from only one point of view. Yergin had the opportunity and let it go by.
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- JohnEdward
- 2021-08-23
Good but too recent
Good book and first 1/3 is very interesting, but if you’ve been keeping up with the news lately - it’s too much recap on very current events
1 person found this helpful