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This book surveys decision-making inthe energy field, especially
electricity in the UK and Western Europe, andprovides a critique of
the various claims that are made for different ways ofapproaching
the critical need for vast amounts of new investment. It explores
reasons for the paralysis indecision-making, which is contrasted
with past periods of rapid change,including the growth of
electricity and renewables in the late 19th century,the development
of centralised grids in the 1920s and 1930s and the rapiddeployment
of nuclear power in the 1970s and 1980s. It briefly reviews the
history of each major fuel then considers thereasons for the
decision sclerosis and suggests possible ways out of it. Itreviews
the difficulties of investing in long-term electricity
generatingcapacity in competitive marketplaces; the problems caused
by a lack ofunderstanding of basic physics among elected
representatives coupled with adegree of short-term political
opportunism; the fundamentally dishonestapproach of the Big Green
industry; a naive approach to communication on the partof the
energy industry itself and a lax approach to scientific rigour
amongthose advocating action against climate change which has bred
disillusionmentand suspicion. Comparisons with recent experience in
Germany and Japan areoffered to illustrate the issues.
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