A winner -- and quite possibly the best and most important book from this outstanding political writer. The End of Energy is a beautifully written book on a fascinating and vital topic. Each chapter offers a gripping story, a history lesson, and a public policy moral. It sounds an alarm that we ignore at our peril: we keep ducking this problem, searching for easy answers (a technological fix) and doing foolish things (low prices). Graetz is out to wake us up. -- James Morone, Professor of Political Science and Urban Studies, Brown University, and author of Hellfire Nation The End of Energy is a tour de force, carrying the reader through four decades of U.S. energy policymaking. With scholarly care and policy insight, Michael Graetz shows step by step -- and misstep by misstep -- how we've ended up with greater dependency on fossil fuels than ever despite constant calls for a changed energy path that would cut emissions, reduce the threat of climate change, and end the national security burdens that come with vast quantities of imported oil. This book is a must-read for students, policymakers, business leaders, and anyone interested in the sorry story of U.S. energy policy. -- Daniel C. Esty, Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University, and coauthor of Green to Gold The End of Energy is required reading for anyone interested in energy policy. Graetz tells a spellbinding story of how we've gotten to where we are today with our confused collection of federal policies. This book should be on the bookshelf of everyone working on energy policy both in and out of government. -- Gilbert E. Metcalf, Professor of Economics, Tufts University
Michael J. Graetz is Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and Columbia Alumni Professor of Tax Law at Columbia University and Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Yale Law School. His other books include Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Fight over Taxing Inherited Wealth.
The tangled history of energy policy is admirably described in the
new book by legal scholar Michael Graetz, The End of Energy...As
will be clear, I largely agree with Graetz's conclusion...Graetz's
book is a sobering reminder of the shortcomings of our political
system. He shows that the ability of the federal government to
respond to long-term challenges is very limited when a good policy
will impose short-term costs.
*The New York Review of Books*
This book is a must read for all people interested in energy
policies and our biosphere. This book should be read, studied and
comprehended by as many people as possible.
*Environmentalist*
...a compelling case for a radical shift in our approach to energy
production that Washington policy makers would do well to study
closely.
*Booklist*
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