The Tesla Revolution : : Why Big Oil is Losing the Energy War / / Rembrandt Koppelaar, Willem Middelkoop.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• VerfasserIn: Koppelaar, Rembrandt,; Middelkoop, Willem,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (334 p.) :; 70 halftones, 40 line drawings

Though oil prices have been on a downward trajectory in recent months, that doesn't obscure the fact that fossil fuels are finite, and we will eventually have to grapple with the end of their dominance. At the same time, however, skepticism about the alternatives remains: we've never quite achieved the promised "too cheap to meter" power of the future, be it nuclear, solar, or wind. And hydrogen and bio-based fuels are thus far a disappointment. So what does the future of energy look like? The Tesla Revolution has the answers. In clear, unsensational style, Willem Middelkoop and Rembrandt Koppelaar offer a layman's tour of the energy landscape, now and to come. They show how rapid technological advances in batteries and solar technologies are already driving large-scale transformations in power supply, while economic and geopolitical changes, combined with a growing political awareness that there are alternatives to fossil fuels will combine in the coming years to bring an energy revolution ever closer. Within our lifetimes, the authors argue, we will see changes that will reshape economics, the balance of political power, and even the most mundane aspects of our daily lives. Determinedly forward-looking and optimistic, though never straying from hard facts, The Tesla Revolution paints a striking picture of our global energy future.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Prologue -- Special Introduction -- Chapter 1 - The Tesla Revolution -- Chapter 2 - A History of Fossil Fuel Dominance -- Chapter 3 - The Petrodollar and the Geopolitics of Oil -- Chapter 4 - Peak Oil Revisited: The End of Cheap Oil -- Chapter 5 - Climate Change and the World of Energy -- Chapter 6 - What Will the Energy Mix of the Future Be? -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- References Prologue -- Register