POWER PLAYS: ENERGY OPTIONS IN THE AGE OF PEAK OIL

Acknowledgments

Writing for an audience is rarely a solo event. It certainly was not for this book, and I would like to acknowledge some of the people whose help and support made this book possible.

I want to acknowledge the patience and support of my family as I wrote, isolated from them for long stretches at a time. To my wife Sandy, daughter Courtney, and sons Peyton and Luke—now we can go on a vacation.

I want to thank my publisher Apress, and my editor Jeff Olson, for believing in me enough to seek me out to write this book. I had long considered writing a book about energy, and Jeff's encouragement and confidence in me was a strong motivator in helping me to complete it. The valuable feedback that he and other editors at Apress provided ...