Drilling Down

1. Introduction
Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek

2. The Significance of Oil in the Gulf of Mexico
Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek

3. The Energy That Runs the World
Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek

4. Offshore Drilling and Production: A Short History
Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek

5. The Energy–Complexity Spiral
Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek

6. The Benefits and Costs of Complexity
Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek

7. What Happened at the Macondo Well
Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek

8. Why the Gulf Disaster Happened
Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek

9. Our Energy and Complexity Dilemma: Prospects for the Future
Joseph A. Tainter, Tadeusz W. Patzek

Keywords: Environment, Environmental Management, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Operations Research/Decision Theory, Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity, Sustainable Development