World Energy - The Facts and the Future (2nd ed.) - Don Hedley

In some future age it will certainly be said by historians that the economics of the second half of the twentieth century were the economics of the barrel of oil. This issue and many others which are of crucial importance to everyone are explore in this comprehensive energy book. Decisions taken today will profoundly influence the future of the world, which stands on the threshold of the end of the fossil fuel age. The structuring of the transition to renewable energy sources remains the biggest, most expensive and absolute economic challenge that the world has ever had to face.