MORE AND MORE AND MORE: AN ALL CONSUMING HISTORY (PB)

It has become habitual to think of our relationship with energy as one of transition: with wood superseded by coal, etc. and then at some future point all replaced by green sources. This book shows what an extraordinary delusion this is. Each new phase has in practice remained almost wholly entangled with the previous one. ‘Transition’ was originally itself promoted by energy companies, not as a genuine plan, but as a means to put off any meaningful change. A book on the true nature of the challenges heading our way.