Book Club summary #14 - Energy Shift
Energy Shift was chosen as a book club selection for much the same reason as Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller: the company is in the alternative energy field, and so would benefit from employees knowledgeable about the energy sector.
As a policymaker-oriented volume, the book wasn’t as detailed or analysis-driven as I’d hoped. An example comes in Chapter 2, which repeats the common refrain that energy demand will continue to rise by 2% per year for the foreseeable future. It would seem to me that the developed world is likely to continue experiencing several years of economic malaise, in light of the debt overhang and worsening demographics. Reduced consumer demand could somewhat dampen economic growth in developing economies as well, with a commensurate effect on energy demand.
None the less, the book was highly valuable, if only to know the kind of advice being given to movers and shakers.
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