⚡ Energy Economics

Analyses of how oil, gas, renewables, and electricity markets shape geopolitics, policy, and daily life. These books illuminate the invisible infrastructure of power—both electrical and political.

The New Map

by Daniel Yergin • 2020

Shale, batteries, and pipelines are redrawing global power faster than diplomats can react.

4.17

6k+

🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 🏛️ Great Power Rivalry 🌍 Climate Geopolitics 🗺️ Maps And Geopolitics 🏜️ Middle East Conflicts

The New Map

Shale, batteries, and pipelines are redrawing global power faster than diplomats can react.

by Daniel Yergin 2020

4.17

6k+ ratings

🛢️ Energy Geopolitics 🏛️ Great Power Rivalry 🌍 Climate Geopolitics 🗺️ Maps And Geopolitics 🏜️ Middle East Conflicts

Sold Out

by James Rickards • 2022

Supply chains rewarded efficiency over resilience for decades. The world is now running that bill.

3.50

316

🔗 Supply Chains 🚢 Global Trade 📈 Inflation Economics 🌍 Geopolitical Risk 🏦 Monetary Policy

Sold Out

Supply chains rewarded efficiency over resilience for decades. The world is now running that bill.

by James Rickards 2022

3.50

316 ratings

🔗 Supply Chains 🚢 Global Trade 📈 Inflation Economics 🌍 Geopolitical Risk 🏦 Monetary Policy

Made in the USA

by Vaclav Smil • 2013

How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.

3.76

510

🏛️ Economic History 🏭 American Industry 📉 Deindustrialization 🔗 Supply Chains 🛒 Mass Consumption

Made in the USA

How the country that made a third of the planet's goods stopped making almost everything.

by Vaclav Smil 2013

3.76

510 ratings

🏛️ Economic History 🏭 American Industry 📉 Deindustrialization 🔗 Supply Chains 🛒 Mass Consumption

The Great Transition

by Lester R. Brown • 2014

Wind and solar are now cheapest. The shift isn't a political choice; it's a price signal.

3.66

201

⚡ Energy Transition ☀️ Renewable Energy 🌍 Climate Policy 🚗 Electric Vehicles 🏘️ Decentralized Energy

The Great Transition

Wind and solar are now cheapest. The shift isn't a political choice; it's a price signal.

by Lester R. Brown 2014

3.66

201 ratings

⚡ Energy Transition ☀️ Renewable Energy 🌍 Climate Policy 🚗 Electric Vehicles 🏘️ Decentralized Energy

Energy and Civilization

by Vaclav Smil • 2017

A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.

4.09

4k+

⚡ Energy History ⚙️ History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🛢️ Fossil Fuels 🌍 Big History

Energy and Civilization

A week of American energy use matches a year of Nigerian. The history behind that gap.

by Vaclav Smil 2017

4.09

4k+ ratings

⚡ Energy History ⚙️ History Of Technology 🏭 Industrial Revolution 🛢️ Fossil Fuels 🌍 Big History

Confronting Collapse

by Michael C. Ruppert • 2009

Cheap oil made modern life possible. It is peaking, and nothing can fully replace it.

3.83

313

⛽ Peak Oil 🪨 Resource Depletion 🌱 Ecological Economics ⚡ Energy Transition 🏘️ Local Resilience

Confronting Collapse

Cheap oil made modern life possible. It is peaking, and nothing can fully replace it.

by Michael C. Ruppert 2009

3.83

313 ratings

⛽ Peak Oil 🪨 Resource Depletion 🌱 Ecological Economics ⚡ Energy Transition 🏘️ Local Resilience

Goldene Zukunft

by Florian Bruce-Boye • 2024

An engineered digital asset with ideal monetary traits outperforms every traditional asset class.

4.33

🪙 Sound Money 🌐 Cryptocurrency 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🥇 Digital Gold 🔐 Financial Sovereignty

Goldene Zukunft

An engineered digital asset with ideal monetary traits outperforms every traditional asset class.

by Florian Bruce-Boye 2024

4.33

27 ratings

🪙 Sound Money 🌐 Cryptocurrency 🏛️ Austrian Economics 🥇 Digital Gold 🔐 Financial Sovereignty

Here Comes the Sun

by Bill McKibben • 2025

The climate crisis has a solution: the sun, which quietly became the cheapest power on Earth.

4.50

1k+

☀️ Renewable Energy ⚡ Electrification ✊ Climate Activism 🏘️ Decentralized Energy 🗳️ Energy Democracy

Here Comes the Sun

The climate crisis has a solution: the sun, which quietly became the cheapest power on Earth.

by Bill McKibben 2025

4.50

1k+ ratings

☀️ Renewable Energy ⚡ Electrification ✊ Climate Activism 🏘️ Decentralized Energy 🗳️ Energy Democracy

The Breaking Point

by James Dale Davidson • 2016

Energy built the modern economy. The surplus is going away. The debt cannot survive it.

3.57

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary History 🏛️ Crony Capitalism 🔄 Civilization Cycles 👁️ Surveillance State

The Breaking Point

Energy built the modern economy. The surplus is going away. The debt cannot survive it.

by James Dale Davidson 2016

3.57

42 ratings

🏦 Financial Crises 💵 Monetary History 🏛️ Crony Capitalism 🔄 Civilization Cycles 👁️ Surveillance State

The economics of Crypto-Currency Mining

by Hal Hashimoto • 2021

Crypto mining's real metric isn't profit margin, it's the days until you break even.

2.00

🧱 Crypto Mining 💰 Mining Profitability 📈 Crypto Investing 📊 Digital Assets 🔗 Blockchain Infrastructure

The economics of Crypto-Currency Mining

Crypto mining's real metric isn't profit margin, it's the days until you break even.

by Hal Hashimoto 2021

2.00

1 ratings

🧱 Crypto Mining 💰 Mining Profitability 📈 Crypto Investing 📊 Digital Assets 🔗 Blockchain Infrastructure

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