{"product_id":"a-thousand-barrels-a-second-the-coming-oil-break-point-and-the-challenges-facing-an-energy-dependent-world-hardcover","title":"A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Tertzakian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2006, world oil consumption will exceed one thousand barrels per second. The news marks an important change that will have a far-reaching impact on world economies, investments, and business profitability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Barrels a Second\u003c\/i\u003e, Chief Energy Economist of ARC Financial Peter Tertzakian examines the future of oil and offers insights into what it will take to rebalance our energy needs and seize new opportunities. He answers the top questions asked by business leaders, policy makers, investors, and concerned citizens as we approach the coming break point: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAre today's high oil and gas prices part of a routine business cycle, or are there more profound forces at play? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre hybrid vehicles our only solution against high gasoline prices? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs China's growing thirst for energy sustainable? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhich government policies work and which do not? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWill nuclear power and coal save the day-again? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eTertzakian also offers a realistic, informed look into the future of our energy supply chains and how our consumption patterns may evolve, revealing how governments, businesses, and even individuals can meet the coming challenges with better solutions and innovations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2006, world oil consumption will exceed one thousand barrels per second. The news marks an important change that will have a far-reaching impact on world economies, investments, and business profitability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Barrels a Second\u003c\/i\u003e, Chief Energy Economist of ARC Financial Peter Tertzakian delivers a provocative look at the future of oil and offers fresh insight into what it will take to rebalance our energy needs and seize new opportunities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTertzakian provides a unique analysis of shifts in energy trends, describing how past critical junctures -what he calls energy \"break points\"-developed, evolved, and shaped nations; changed consumer behavior; and launched or ruined businesses. With the world already consuming 85 million barrels of oil a day, Tertzakian answers the top questions that business leaders, policy makers, investors, and concerned citizens are asking him as we approach the coming break point: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAre today's high oil and gas prices part of a routine business cycle, or are there more profound forces at play? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHave we entered a new multi-polar world where energy is the primary source of geopolitical tension? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre hybrid vehicles our only solution against high gasoline prices? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIs China's growing thirst for energy sustainable? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat sort of global landscape will emerge from the turmoil? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhich government policies work and which do not? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWill nuclear power and coal save the day-again? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eTertzakian also offers a realistic, informed look into the volatile future of our energy supply chains and how our consumption patterns may evolve, revealing how governments, businesses, and even individuals can meet the coming challenges with better solutions and innovations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eServing as a sobering yet hopeful wake-up call, this book shows how the lessons of history will help us find our way toward a better, more secure energy future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Tertzakian\u003c\/b\u003e is Chief Energy Economist of ARC Financial Corporation, one of the world's leading private equity firms focused on energy. His background in geophysics, economics, and finance, combined with his entrepreneurial spirit, helped him rise from the trenches of hands-on oil exploration fieldwork to become an internationally recognized, top-ranked analyst with corporate and institutional following in boardrooms internationally. Tertzakian publishes ARC Energy Charts, a weekly synopsis of world energy trends. 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