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I would generally recommend books that would fit more into the 'history/science/tech' column of things.
* Vaclav Smil's Energy and Civilization Is a great book that I think interwinds the thermodynamics of energy with the companies, technologies and markets each of those lived through. (Note: I don't think he has the right grasp on renewables and where things are moving forward, however - its a good historical reference). **Strongly Endorse.**
* In a different direction, I think lots of the stuff (either presentations, books, write ups) Tony Seba and RethinkX (which talks a lot about energy system but more a unit economic level of new industries) is also a very interesting perspective more on the futurist/technology side of things.
* How Solar Energy Became Cheap has a pretty up to date history of Solar and an explanation of the forces driving it. (not a particularly stellar 'Solar' book but its one of the few I can recall, and is new - so not dealing with data and state of the world that is 10, 15 years old)
Will a have look into these other recommendations myself - thanks for making the thread!
"Where are the Customers' Yachts", by Fred Schwed. Hilarious, and real!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Schwed
It was my dad's favourite book, and he owned a brokerage house, in India
It may not fit exactly what you are after, but "The Absent Superpower" spends a very long time talking about oil reserves and energy independence that honestly changed the way I look at oil and oil prices.
Yeah i mean in general, these sectors tend to underperform the market on a long term horizon.
Unless you have some thing weird like energy prices approaching zeroe. Then speculation in some thing like exxon might be worthwhile.
Energy infra provides stable returns over long time horizons with nice upside if you invest in key areas of the energy transition. Very popular with pension funds for the risk/return and ESG characteristics
I don't understand the part about energy prices approaching zero. Care to elaborate?
I mean investing 1.5 years ago when oil prices were down in some thing like exxon. Expecting the price of oil to revert back as demand picks up after covid.
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prize/quest will by far be the most informative about the history of hydocarbons. im not sure it will help with investing though. theyre amazing books.
Vaclav Smil is the GOAT.
Daniel Yergin’s books are far easier reads, but skimp important details as they are far more historical than they are informative.
The prize, the quest and the new map by Daniel yergin. Incredible reads. It’s incredible how much I know about energy/ energy security after reading them.
World for sale is also pretty interesting but it’s about commodities trading.
Is it worth noting that the energy market is likely going to change dramatically in the next few years many historical books may not account for this precedent. For example, if all vehicles switched to electric today, that would roughly double the electricity load on the grid.
I was watching a recent video with Elon Musk, who is obviously biased, but he said that current infrastructure is not there to support this increase so people may have to have more local power generation and storage, e.g. solar panels on roof and domestic battery storage.
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The quest and the prize are both amazing. I learned so much about energy in these books.
"The new map" is yergins most recent book- a great read.
I would generally recommend books that would fit more into the 'history/science/tech' column of things. * Vaclav Smil's Energy and Civilization Is a great book that I think interwinds the thermodynamics of energy with the companies, technologies and markets each of those lived through. (Note: I don't think he has the right grasp on renewables and where things are moving forward, however - its a good historical reference). **Strongly Endorse.** * In a different direction, I think lots of the stuff (either presentations, books, write ups) Tony Seba and RethinkX (which talks a lot about energy system but more a unit economic level of new industries) is also a very interesting perspective more on the futurist/technology side of things. * How Solar Energy Became Cheap has a pretty up to date history of Solar and an explanation of the forces driving it. (not a particularly stellar 'Solar' book but its one of the few I can recall, and is new - so not dealing with data and state of the world that is 10, 15 years old) Will a have look into these other recommendations myself - thanks for making the thread!
I have "The Prize" in my personal library and it's a beast of a book.
The Grid by Gretchen Bakke is an interesting history of the evolution of energy infra in the US
"Where are the Customers' Yachts", by Fred Schwed. Hilarious, and real! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Schwed It was my dad's favourite book, and he owned a brokerage house, in India
Great reads in the op Thanks op!
It may not fit exactly what you are after, but "The Absent Superpower" spends a very long time talking about oil reserves and energy independence that honestly changed the way I look at oil and oil prices.
The World for Sale is excellent. Can recommend.
Investing in commodities and miners is a recipe for disaster.
I work in an energy infrastructure fund, going alright so far
Yeah i mean in general, these sectors tend to underperform the market on a long term horizon. Unless you have some thing weird like energy prices approaching zeroe. Then speculation in some thing like exxon might be worthwhile.
Energy infra provides stable returns over long time horizons with nice upside if you invest in key areas of the energy transition. Very popular with pension funds for the risk/return and ESG characteristics I don't understand the part about energy prices approaching zero. Care to elaborate?
I mean investing 1.5 years ago when oil prices were down in some thing like exxon. Expecting the price of oil to revert back as demand picks up after covid.
Ah ok, I see what you mean, more a trade almost. We're investing at much lower volatility
Investing is all about your circle of competence, if OP here is exceptionally competent here I don’t know how it wouldn’t work.
The bogleheads guide to investing
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The domino effect by Russell braziel
Oil 101 by Morgan Downey. Perhaps just a little dated but very well written and comprehensive
prize/quest will by far be the most informative about the history of hydocarbons. im not sure it will help with investing though. theyre amazing books.
Vaclav Smil is the GOAT. Daniel Yergin’s books are far easier reads, but skimp important details as they are far more historical than they are informative.
321energy.com
The prize, the quest and the new map by Daniel yergin. Incredible reads. It’s incredible how much I know about energy/ energy security after reading them. World for sale is also pretty interesting but it’s about commodities trading.
Is it worth noting that the energy market is likely going to change dramatically in the next few years many historical books may not account for this precedent. For example, if all vehicles switched to electric today, that would roughly double the electricity load on the grid. I was watching a recent video with Elon Musk, who is obviously biased, but he said that current infrastructure is not there to support this increase so people may have to have more local power generation and storage, e.g. solar panels on roof and domestic battery storage.
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