Best books to understand energy, energy markets, power generation, transmission?

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What are the best books to understand energy, energy markets, power generation, transmission, etc?

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Chris Whodl 26 days ago

The Quest by Daniel Yergin and The Grid by Gretchen Bakke are both good.

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America’s electrical grid, an engineering triumph of the twentieth century, is turning out to be a poor fit for the present. It’s not just that the grid has grown old and is now in dire need of basic repair. Today, as we invest great hope in new energy sources--solar, wind, and other alternatives--t
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bitcoin cowboy 26 days ago

might not be what you’re looking for, but this guy is a total brain:

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Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive effects of raindrops. Life on Earth depends on the photosynthetic conversion of solar energy into plant biomas
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Curious_BTC🛢⚡️🐄🇳🇱 26 days ago

It is very insightful for how ISOs operate in the USA and how energy is produced and bought.

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Shorting the Grid, The Hidden Fragility of Our Electric Grid is an expos� of the insider-ruled practices of the deregulated areas of the United States electric grid. The grid in these areas is managed by a regional transmission organization (RTO). Within these organizations, no group is responsible
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Snow ❄️ 26 days ago

Fossil Future (if you haven’t already), Energy & Civilization

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The New York Times bestselling author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels draws on the latest data and new insights to challenge everything you thought you knew about the future of energy For over a decade, philosopher and energy expert Alex Epstein has predicted that any negative impacts of fossil
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Bitcoin is the newest technology for money—find out how it fits in the future. Bitcoin is the digital age's novel, decentralized, and automated solution to the problem of money: accessible worldwide, controlled by nobody. Can this young upstart money challenge the global monetary order? Economist S
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Heavily Armed Clown 26 days ago

Not exactly what you're looking for per se, but I think "Titan, the life of John D Rockefeller" is definitely something you should read.

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John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dynasty--is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians. Now Ron Chernow, the National Book Award-winning biographer of the Morgan and Warburg banking families, gives us a histor
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The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil -- and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. The Prize is as much a history of the twentieth century
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Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time—wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond. People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to world power and declin
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Math Profesor 26 days ago

Second best book in the world #thefiatstandard @saifedean Buy, hodl, don’t trade #bitcoin

In The Fiat Standard, world-renowned economist Saifedean Ammous applies his unique analytical lens to the fiat monetary system, explaining it as a feat of engineering and technology just as he did for bitcoin in his global bestseller The Bitcoin Standard. This time, Ammous delves into the world's
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2019 was the last great year for the world economy. For generations, everything has been getting faster, better, and cheaper. Finally, we reached the point that almost anything you could ever want could be sent to your home within days - even hours - of when you decided you wanted it. America made
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Chris Whodl 26 days ago

The Quest by Daniel Yergin and The Grid by Gretchen Bakke are both good.

Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year In this gripping account of the quest for the energy that our world needs, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Prize. A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert,
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HodlPoet_BTC 26 days ago

Deep and wide exploration. Excellent.

As Einstein pointed out in his famous equation, E=MC2, all matter can be described as energy. It is everywhere; it is everything. In this engaging book, prolific author and academic Vaclav Smil provides an introduction to the far-reaching term and gives the reader a greater understanding of energy's
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A stronger, more informed approach to the energy marketsThe Energy World Is Flat provides a forward-looking analysis of the energy markets and addresses the implications of their rapid transformation. Written by acknowledged expert Daniel Lacalle, who is actively engaged with energy portfolios in th
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HodlPoet_BTC 26 days ago

Also this on a related domain. I'd recommend anything by Vaclav Smil. Polymathic mind and amazing ability to distill, capture and transmit complexity.

Packed with fascinating facts and insight, this book will fuel dinner party debate, and provide readers with the science and politics behind the world’s most controversial resource. Without oil, there would be no globalisation, no plastic, little transport, and a global political landscape that few
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TitanZenergy 26 days ago

Very basic though, if you know a thing or two,this book might not be it.

Electric Power System Basics for the Nonelectrical Professional book. Read 4 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. This book explains t...
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james trantham 26 days ago

Oldie but goodie! Explains the fallacies of the electric grid solution.

Our rate of oil discovery has reached its peak and will never be exceeded; rather, it is certain to decline—perhaps rapidly—forever forward. Meanwhile, over the past century, we have developed lifestyles firmly rooted in the promise of an endless, cheap supply. In this book, David Goodstein, profess
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Arrow ∞/21M 26 days ago

I think this is only tangentially related to what you are after, but this is an excellent book about heat and the laws of thermodynamics

A fresh, entertaining inquiry into the nature of energy, time, and the physical world, by esteemed science essayist Hans Christian von Baeyer.If you want to know what's going on in politics, you follow the money. If you want to know about physical processes, you follow the heat. Its study, thermodyn
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An off-beat introduction to the workings of electricity for people who wish Richard Brautigan and Kurt Vonnegut had teamed up to explain inductance and capacitance to them. Despite its title, it's not wild ranting pseudo-science to be dismissed by those with brains. Rather, Amdahl maintains that one
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