In his new book, More and More and More: An All-Consuming History of Energy, historian of science Jean-Baptiste Fressoz marshals a vast array of data to make a startling case: that despite the widespread view that we are in an ‘energy transition’, we appear to be consuming more supposedly obsolete energy sources than ever before.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ageoftransformation.org/the-delusion-of-no-energy-transition-and-how-renewables-can-end-endless-energy-extraction