THE GREEN MIRAGE
Why a low-carbon economy may be further off than we think
By John Constable. Civitas. 144 pages. £7.00
ISBN 978 1 906 837 309
In the context of current concerns over world energy and the recent announcement that UK electricity prices will rise by 10%, it might be hoped that a book entitled The Green Mirage might have something constructive to say.
In fact, the book is entirely negative and its purpose as stated on page xx is ‘intended to undermine confidence in the projections of consensus politics’. The central thesis of the book is that a range of international agencies, politicians and environmentalists are proposing a transition to a low-carbon economy and that transition will among other things give rise to an overall increase in employment as jobs disappear in some traditional sectors and are replaced by new jobs in ‘green’ industries.
