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

Huber, Peter W; Mills, Mark P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 046503117X ISBN 13: 9780465031177

Publisher: Basic Books, 2006

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 these subjects. But according to Peter W. Huber and Mark P. Mills, the things we think we know are mostly myths. A better understanding of energy will radically change our views and policies on a number of very controversial issues. In The Bottomless Well, Huber and Mills show why energy is not scarce, why the price of energy doesn't matter very much, and why "waste" of energy is both necessary and desirable. Across the board, energy isn't the problem; energy is the solution.

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: 2006
• ISBN 10: 046503117X
• ISBN 13: 9780465031177
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256