Drilling Down: The Gulf Oil Debacle and Our Energy Dilemma
From the reviews:“Tainter and Patzek use the story of Gulf oil spill as the background for discussing the energy-complexity spiral, and its relationship to this accident. … Drilling Down touches on many interesting topics, from details about how extraction is done … to overviews of how various civilizations have dealt with rising complexity and reduced energy flows. … The book is well worth … . With one detail-oriented author, and one ‘big picture’ author, the book includes something for everyone.” (Gail Tverberg, Financial Sense, September, 2011)