Analyzes the current energy crisis and provides recommendations for an energy policy based on conservation and the development of solar technology.

The end of easy oil / Robert Stobaugh & Daniel Yergin -- After the peak : the threat of imported oil / Robert Stobaugh -- Natural gas : how to slice a shrinking pie / I.C. Bupp & Frank Schuller -- Coal : constrained abundance / Mel Harwitch -- The nuclear stalemate / I.C. Bupp -- Conservation : the key energy source / Daniel Yergin -- Solar America / Modesto A. Maidique -- Conclusion : toward a balanced energy program / Robert Stobaugh & Daniel Yergin -- Appendix : limits to models / Sergio Koreisha & Robert Stobaugh.