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A Declaration of Energy Independence: How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Aug 2008, Pages: 256
How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment
America needs a plan for moving toward energy independence. Gyrating gasoline prices, fiery explosions on nightly broadcasts from the oil-rich Persian Gulf, and warming of the planet from the burning of carbon fuels remind us almost daily about the negative impact of our current energy system on our lives. Yet the debates in Washington are disquieting to the careful observer. Economic mythologies (of the right and the left) replace factual analysis and science as the basis of decision making. The right believes the lesson of the 1970s: that government controls disrupt energy markets and we need to get the government out of energy. The left believes that the government needs to impose its will on private interests, but that the special interests (particularly the greedy oil companies) are always able to thwart the national interest. Neither of these simplifications stands up to careful economic analysis. The vast array of energy choices baffles average citizens trying to figure out the right thing to do.
This is a book on how America can become energy independent. Part of this book explains the successful and unsuccessful ways America has tried to solve its last energy crisis, when the gasoline lines of the 1970s paralyzed the nation, boosted energy for a time to the top of the national agenda, helped topple three presidents, and provoked the most vigorous debate about what to do about energy in the countrys history. The fervent attempts of the period to resolve the nations fuel emergencies show realistic, economically and politically viable solutions to our current and growing energy and oil crises.
Part I of the book answers the key questions:
After all these years, why do we still rely on fuels from hugely expensive and unstable parts of the globe?
What are the roots of current American relations with countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq?
How economically viable are alternative technologies that can lead to a better future?
Are there economic lessons from the failures or successes of the past that might inform our current debates?
Part II gives an 8-point plan for a Declaration of Energy Independence.
If you have wondered about how America can break links between oil consumption, terrorism, and the war in Iraq, A Declaration of Energy Independence: How Freedom from Foreign Oil Can Improve National Security, Our Economy, and the Environment will show you how our country can gain energy independence and solve its energy crisis. Written by a top energy expert, this book outlines seven economically and politically viable ways America can more efficiently use and produce energy. Find out how carbon fuels negatively impact our lives and understand the political framework of the energy crisis.
Reviews:
'Evenhanded and insightful historya compelling tutorial for anyone seeking to understand the geopolitical forces that have America over a barrel of oil.' (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 10, 2008) '...an outpost of sanity in the mostly absurd babble surrounding the 'energy crisis'' (E & P, September, 2008)
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