The Solar Economy by Hermann Scheer, Earthscan, £17.99, ISBN 1853838357 Reviewed by Fred Pearce
GEORGE BUSH and Hermann Scheer, the guru of the solar-energy revolution, agree on one thing. The Kyoto Protocol is bunkum: a tiresome diplomatic distraction to the real business of enterprise and innovation. From there, they take different paths. Bush is an oil man, whereas Scheer says the costs to society of oil now hugely outweigh the benefits. Harnessing solar energy is not just the technological future, he says, but also the door to a new, freer, more egalitarian future. With no more Bushes.
“It does not take a global treaty to unlock…
