The Bottomless Well: The Twilight of Fuel, The Virtue of Waste, and Why We Will Never Run Out of Energy - Hardcover

Huber, Peter; Mills, Mark P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0465031161 ISBN 13: 9780465031160

Publisher: Basic Books, 2005

Synopsis

The sheer volume of talk about energy, energy prices, and energy policy on both sides of the political aisle suggests that we must know something about energy. But according to Peter Huber and Mark Mills, the things we "know" are mostly myths. In The Bottomless Well , Huber and Mills debunk the myths and show how a better understanding of energy will radically change our views and policies on a number of very controversial issues. They explain why demand will never go down, why most of what we think of as "energy waste" actually benefits us; why greater efficiency will never lead to energy conservation; and why the energy supply is infinite-it's quality of energy that's scarce and expensive. The Bottomless Well will also revolutionize our thinking about the automotive industry (gas prices don't matter and the hybrid engine is irrelevant), coal and uranium, the much-maligned power grid (it's the worst system we could have except for all the others), what energy supplies mean for jobs and GDP, and many other hotly debated subjects.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"It is a tribute to Huber and Mills that they succeed in explaining the importance of entropy in a book that is entertaining, fascinating, informative and even visionary." (Richard S. Lindzen, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, MIT)

About the Author:

Peter Huber is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute's Center for Legal Policy, where he specializes in issues related to technology, science, and law. His previous books include Hard Green , Liability , and Galileo's Revenge . He lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Mark P. Mills, a founding partner of Digital Power Capital, is a physicist who once served as a staff consultant on technology to the White House Science Office. He lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0465031161
• ISBN 13: 9780465031160
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256