Energy Quest is the award-winning energy education website of the California Energy Commission. It debuted on the World Wide Web on October 1, 1995, to celebrate October as National Energy Awareness Month! Our newly updated version (EQ v. 2.0) debuted Memorial Day, May 27, 2002.

Energy is an integral part of our daily lives. Without energy our society would decay into pre-historic savagery. Teaching an "energy ethic" to conserve finite resources is essential to our energy future, which is currently dependent on fossil fuels. We also must rely on our youth to help us create new ways to harness the elemental forces of our planet and the universe. They are tomorrow's scientists and inventors. They will discover new means of energy production and innovative ways to use less energy. We hope Energy Quest will answer their questions and spur creativity and imagination.

Albert Einstein once said:

"Imagination is more important than knowledge for knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world - stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."

Information on our site was developed and maintained by the Media & Public Communications Office of the Commission in consultation with Commission staff and educational experts. We appreciate comments, constructive critcism, and corrections.

Energy Quest is dedicated to the memory of former Energy Commission Chairman Charles R. "Chuck" Imbrecht, whose vision of a secure energy future and desire to educate the public lives on in this site.