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This book is emphatically intended to be about facts, not ethics. I want
the facts to be clear, so that people can have a meaningful debate about
ethical decisions. I want everyone to understand how the facts constrain
the options that are open to us. Like a good scientist, I'll try to keep my
views on ethical questions out of the way, though occasionally I'll blurt
something out - please forgive me.
Whether it's fair for Europe and North America to hog the energy cake
is an ethical question; I'm here to remind you of the fact that we can't
have our cake and eat it too; to help you weed out the pointless and ineffective policy proposals; and to help you identify energy policies that are
compatible with your personal values.
We need a plan that adds up!
Notes and further reading
At the end of each chapter I note details of ideas in that chapter, sources of data and quotes, and pointers to further
information.
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"Okay - it's agreed; we announce
- `to do nothing is not an option!'
then we wait and see how things
pan out... "
Figure 1.11. Reproduced by kind
permission of PRIVATE EYE / Paul
Lowe www.private-eye.co.uk.
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