Prologue: The deep-water horror zone -- A question for our time -- The Macondo mess -- Stored sunlight and its risks -- Colonel of an industry? -- Barons and barrels -- Off the edge in all directions -- "Energy independence" -- To know us is to love us -- Cleaning up? -- Today and tomorrow
Summary
Explains both the disaster and the decisions that led up to it and argues that for the future the emphasis needs to be on prevention and that risk-management policies be based on better understandings of humans and hardware
Analysis
ENVIRONMENT/General
ENVIRONMENT/Energy
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-223) and index
