# The Energy Trap

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## [About the The Energy Trap category](https://ukenergyforum.org/t/about-the-the-energy-trap-category/7)

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**Author:** [@richard](https://ukenergyforum.org/u/richard)\
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**Last updated:** [October 11, 2026, 11:34am UTC](https://ukenergyforum.org/t/about-the-the-energy-trap-category/7 "2026-10-11T11:34:35Z")

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Discussion of the book: chapter by chapter, claim by claim. Corrections welcome and acknowledged.

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## [The central claim: does the renewables transition fail on physics?](https://ukenergyforum.org/t/the-central-claim-does-the-renewables-transition-fail-on-physics/12)

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**Author:** [@richard](https://ukenergyforum.org/u/richard)\
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**Last updated:** [October 26, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://ukenergyforum.org/t/the-central-claim-does-the-renewables-transition-fail-on-physics/12 "2026-10-26T21:49:40Z")

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The book’s thesis in one line: the renewable energy transition cannot work — not because of politics, not because of cost, but because of physics. This is the topic for challenging that claim head-on. If you think the a…

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## [Review by Tilak Doshi](https://ukenergyforum.org/t/review-by-tilak-doshi/46)

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**Author:** [@JohnThud](https://ukenergyforum.org/u/JohnThud)\
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**Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://ukenergyforum.org/t/review-by-tilak-doshi/46 "2026-10-18T21:16:41Z")

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Very interested in Tilak’s view, especially his criticism of the economic aspects of The Energy Trap. It was well argued on the Daily Septic, however your response was paywalled on Toby Young’s The Climate Septic. Whil…