Declarations of a climate emergency are the latest fad among world governments. Everyone wants to be in the cool crowd of those ready to save the planet with their own bare hands. Few, however, are asking the important question: Can we save the planet without depriving millions of people of a decent life? And before you ask, no, your smartphone and laptop don’t fit into this “decent life”. This is where climate change activists would normally present the argument that it is climate change that is threatening the livelihoods of not millions but hundreds of millions of people. This is a valid argument, but there is an equally valid one a bit far from the climate change activists’ camp. That argument is that everyone on the planet deserves a decent life, and this decent life is enabled through energy use. So, the question is, ultimately, how much energy do […]