The Bone Clocks

The Bone Clocks

So from hard-core economics to… mainstream fiction. Not my cup-of-tea at all, but was recommended as the final section describes a dystopian future (2043).  Pleasingly, this isn’t just sea-level rise and AGW , but a quite realistic vision of a world post the...
The End of Normal

The End of Normal

James K Galbraith is an established academic, and is also the son of John Kenneth Galbraith This is a bit of a slog – it is very academic. Thesis is that post-war to 2008 GFC was one system, and that since then neither austerity or stimulus has been unable to prevent...
Cider With Rosie

Cider With Rosie

You are probably wondering what this is doing here… “a wonderfully vivid memoir of childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a village before electricity or cars, a timeless place on the verge of change.” Published in 1959, it depicts life in the period just after the...
The Bottomless Well: The Twilight of Fuel

The Bottomless Well: The Twilight of Fuel

This dates form 2006, but is still a very useful source Again, well summarized on Amazon “The sheer volume of talk about energy, energy prices, and energy policy on both sides of the political aisle suggests that we must know something about these subjects. But...
Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path

Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path

Well summarized on Amazon “In Our Renewable Future, energy expert Richard Heinberg and scientist David Fridley explore the challenges and opportunities presented by the shift to renewable energy. The transition to clean energy will not be a simple matter of replacing...