Product details
- Categories: October 2022, Energy
- Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS Ltd.
- ISBN: 9780141994635
- Publication Date: 01/10/2021
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 544
- Language: English
Summary
A new type of Cold War is emerging between China and the West. . The
global order is being simultaneously shaken by climate change and the
shale revolution in oil and gas - and now by the coronavirus.
Controversial fracking technology has given America unprecedented
leverage as the world's leading energy powerhouse, ahead of Saudi Arabia
and Russia, upending the chessboard of global politics and changing the
psychology of the global economy. Despite being weighed down by
sanctions, Russia is pivoting east toward China as Vladimir Putin and Xi
Jinping unite to challenge America and lay claim to almost all of the
South China Sea, one of the world's most critical trade routes.
Elsewhere, the map of the Middle East created after World War I is being
attacked by ISIS and Iran's Revolutionary Guards as the region
struggles to come to grips with the recent oil price collapse caused by
the rise of shale.
Oil producers, from the Middle East and
Moscow to corporate boardrooms around the world, now fear that peak
demand for oil is coming as renewable energy vies with fossil fuels.
The New Map tells a sweeping story about how the role of energy in
climate change is shaping geopolitical discussions, challenging our
industries and our lifestyles, and accelerating a second energy
revolution - the quest for renewables. It also brings realism to the
debates over the energy transition.