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Energy Trap

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Why the renewable energy transition can’t work – and what can

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

AvRichard Lyon

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One of humanity’s greatest modern threats involves an area of life we thought we had mastered: energy. For the last century our energy system has delivered rising prosperity, increased lifespans and largely eliminated famine. Now it is being dismantled – with confidence, with public money and with almost no scrutiny.In this short, sharp book, Richard Lyon – electrical engineer, petroleum engineer and energy economist – strips the energy debate back to the physics. What he finds is alarming: fossil fuels are running out, the proposed replacements can't do the job and the people in charge don't understand the science well enough to realise, much less pursue solutions.The consequences could be severe, but they are not yet inevitable. In a series of lucid chapters, The Energy Trap sets out the problem and proposes a way forward – provided we are willing to stop wasting our remaining resources on energy systems that can't work and get on with building one that can.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-09-24
Mått129 x 198 x 8 mm
Vikt608 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieForum
Antal sidor144
FörlagSwift Press
ISBN9781800757356

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Richard Lyon is an electrical engineer, petroleum engineer and energy economist. He began his career as a pilot in the Royal Air Force before spending over twenty-five years in the oil and gas industry, holding senior operational and commercial roles in the UK, Norway, Azerbaijan, Congo and Cameroon. He holds a BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, an MEng in Petroleum Engineering, and an MSc in Energy Economics. His master’s research focused on quantifying the degree of optimism in institutional estimates of remaining oil reserves.The Energy Trap grew from a conviction, formed over three decades of producing, managing and studying energy, that the gap between energy policy and physical reality has become dangerous – and that the public are perfectly able to acquire and apply the knowledge needed to challenge the policies being made in their name.