In The Thread of Energy, Martin Pasqualetti has provided a terrific, accessible resource for newcomers looking to understand how the pieces fit together, for people steeped in the technologies and issues, and for everyone in-between.
Martin J. Pasqualetti is Professor of Geography at Arizona State University, where he has created and regularly teaches a course called "The Thread of Energy." In 2015, he received the Alexander and Ilse Melamid Gold Medal from the American Geographical Society for his contributions to energy studies. For similar contributions, he was named 2018 Alumnus of the Year by the University of California, Riverside and a Fellow of the American Association of
Geographers in 2019. Pasqualetti currently serves as the ASU liaison to the International Renewable Energy Agency in Abu Dhabi and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Land Art Generator. He has edited or co-edited seven books, most recently: The Routledge Research Companion to Energy Geographies (2020),
Nuclear Decommissioning and Society (2019), and The Renewable Energy Landscape (2017).