Powerless : India's energy shortage and its impact / Sam Tranum.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-291) and index.

. Introduction: India's energy shortage -- Demand : India's thirst for energy -- Domestic production : India's energy resources -- The shortage : where are the gaps? -- Imports : depending on others -- The future : domestic production -- The future : increasing imports -- Emissions, pollution, and climate change -- The impacts of the shortages -- The path ahead : hard choices -- Glossary -- Reference list.

This is a book about India's energy shortage, its causes, and consequences. Powerless details how much coal, oil, gas, uranium, and power the country uses, and for what purposes. It examines the quantity of these things the country produces and where. The book looks at the sizes of the gaps between supply and demand, and how the country fills them with imports. It then discusses how the shortages and resulting imports affect the country's economy, businesses, and residents.