Book review critiques economic growth as influenced by social thermodynamics, indicating challenges for energy transition.
Oil IT Journal reviews ‘The Utopia of green growth’ by French energy expert Philippe Charlez. The wide ranging, authoritative and opinionated work considers economic growth to be a product of ‘social thermodynamics’ which will make the energy transition a difficult goal. Charlez work concatenates a broad ranging and well-informed energy textbook with some rather outspoken politics.
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