The quest yergin6/19/2023 ![]() He reminds the reader that for almost all of human history, the muscle-power of men, horses, and oxen was virtually the sole source of energy. ![]() Yergin introduces his subject by setting out the crucial importance of energy to modernity. The book has been described as “necessary reading” by the New York Times. Through its description of the current state of global energy affairs, The Quest advances the position that political policy on energy is seriously flawed everywhere: on the political right and left in the developed and developing worlds. The book is a follow-up to Yergin’s The Prize (1992), a comprehensive history of oil from its discovery to the modern era. The Quest describes the contemporary state of the global energy system from political and scientific perspectives. ![]() The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World is a 2011 non-fiction bestseller by energy consultant and historian Daniel Yergin. ![]()
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