With interest in topics such as climate change, energy security, and alternative energy sources being at an all-time high, the effects of today's decisions now rest on the shoulders of future generations. There are no easy answers to our energy issues, so costs and benefits must be considered when evaluating all energy alternatives; alongside that, prices must be right and need to reflect the full social costs to society of a given source of energy.

Energy Economics outlines the fundamental issues and possible solutions to the challenges of energy production and use, and presents a framework for energy decisions based upon sound economic analysis. It considers market forces and policy goals, including economic prosperity, environmental protection, and other considerations that affect societal well-being. This book focuses on both energy choices and the impact of these choices on market performance, environmental conditions, and sustainability. The initial section covers the fundamental economic concepts for analyzing energy markets. Following this, a detailed analysis of established energy sources, specifically fossil fuels and nuclear energy, leads into consideration of energy alternatives such as renewable energy and next-generation alternatives. Electricity production and regulatory trends are covered in depth. The final section considers policy: environmental considerations, sustainability, and energy security. The concluding chapter is a comprehensive vision for our energy future.　

Drawing on current energy headlines, perspectives familiar from the popular press, and views outside economics, this text sharpens students' ability to understand, evaluate, and critique policy using appropriate economic analysis. The text builds a foundation that culminates in a view of a comprehensive energy policy that improves upon the vacillations of past decades.　

1. Ferdinand E. Banks - The political economy of natural gas 2. Israel Berkovitch - Coal on the switchback : the coal industry since nationalisation 3. Charles J. Cicchetti - Alaskan Oil : alternative routes and markets 4. Jerome D. Davis - High-cost oil and gas resources 5. John Purcell Dickie - The Coal Problem. A survey: 1910-1936 6. Joy Dunkerley, Irving Hoch, Caroline Bouhdili - Transport energy : determinants and policy 7 Liam Fahey - Energy management in industrial firms 8. David Hawdon - The Changing Structure of the World Oil Industry 9. Edited by David Hawdon - The Energy crisis : ten years after 10. Michael P. Jackson - The price of coal 11. John Douglass Klein - The impact of joint ventures on bidding for offshore oil 12. Heinz Knoepfel - Energy 2000 : an overview of the world's energy resources in the decades to come 13 Robin C. Landis - Sulfur emissions policies, oil prices, and the Appalachian coal industry 14. Frank Ledger and Howard Sallis - Crisis management in the power industry : an inside story 15. Edited by Maurice Le vy; John L. Robinson - Energy and agriculture : their interacting futures : policy implications of global models 16 T. M Lewis and Iain H. McNicoll - North Sea oil and Scotland's economic prospects 17. Peter R. Mounfield - World nuclear power 18 E. Victor Niemeyer - The effect of energy supply on economic growth 19 J. K. Onoh - The Nigerian oil economy : from prosperity to glut 20. Marian Radetzki - Uranium : a strategic source of energy 21. Henry Townshend Rose - The British Coal Industry 22 Nicola Steen - Sustainable development and the energy industries : implementation and impacts of environmental legislation : International workshop : Papers. 23. Ralph Turvey - Optimal pricing and investment in electricity supply. An essay in applied welfare economics 24 John P. Weyant - A dynamic model of the U.S. energy system 25 Alfred Linden Levinson - Energy and materials in three sectors of the economy : a dynamic model with technological change as an endogenous variable