{"product_id":"power-and-the-people-by-arthur-downing-9781836741008","title":"Power and the People","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\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? \u003cem\u003ePower and the People\u003c\/em\u003e uncovers the hidden history of British energy from the Victorians to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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 the fabric of everyday life for citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the 1980s the electricity and gas industries were broken apart and sold off. Privatisation 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67794269929708,"sku":"9781836741008","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781836741008-power-and-the-people-1.jpg?v=1792453179","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/power-and-the-people-by-arthur-downing-9781836741008","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}