{"product_id":"power-and-the-people-a-history-of-british-energy-9781836741008","title":"Power and the People: A History of British Energy","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe argument for a revolution in the ownership of our national energy system, from a leading industry insider.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe energy crisis of the early 2020s exposed the true nature of Britain's energy system: fragile, fragmented, comically complicated, and hopelessly dependent on imported fossil fuels. How did it come to this? \u003ci\u003ePower and the People\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the hidden history of British energy from the Victorians to the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book tells the story of the private and publicly owned organisations that built the energy system, from local municipal electricity companies in the early twentieth century, to state-owned enterprises that built infrastructure at a massive scale and breakneck speed from 1926 to 1979. The frenzied construction bonanza changed the landscape of Britain and fabric of everyday life for citizens. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the 1980s the electricity and gas industries were broken apart and sold off. Privatization worked for a short time but then the model started to break down. Climate change introduced a new problem. In response, the privatised model was gradually adapted and over decades became a complex and contradictory system that is crumbling. Today, we're living under a zombie system that lurches from crisis to crisis. But there is hope. Arthur Downing offers an alternative future of what is possible, based on lessons from our own past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781836741008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 5.92w x 1.11d","brand":"Arthur Downing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53458844352693,"sku":"9781836741008","price":29.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781836741008.jpg?v=1791297357","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/power-and-the-people-a-history-of-british-energy-9781836741008","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}