Book “ALL IN!” published
Just in time for the 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair (October 22, 2024), Murmann Verlag has published “ALL IN! Energy and Prosperity for a Growing World”.
ALL IN! – Energy and Prosperity for a Growing World by Franz Josef Radermacher and Bert Beyers – along with many collaborators – is a passionate appeal for a realistic and fair global energy transition. The authors criticize Germany’s focus on an “All-Electric” strategy and exclusively renewable energy as insufficient, unrealistic, and unaffordable. Given the rapidly growing global energy demand – especially in the Global South – they advocate for a technology-neutral approach, which includes fossil fuels with carbon capture as well as modern nuclear power.
The book emphasizes the need to support developing and emerging economies in achieving economic growth, even if this leads to higher emissions, in order to combat poverty. At the same time, industrialized nations must invest heavily in making climate-friendly technologies globally accessible. This is the only way to effectively combat climate change.
Radermacher and Beyers argue for pragmatism over ideology and global cooperation over national solo efforts. Their goal: prosperity for all while limiting global warming and preserving biodiversity. ALL IN! is a call for a course correction in energy policy – realistic, solidarity-driven, and future-oriented.
Key Arguments:
· ALL IN! – We must immediately start utilizing exclusively climate-neutral and safe energy sources: renewables, fossil fuels with carbon capture, and nuclear energy.
· ALL IN! – This requires a pragmatic and technology-neutral approach – in a symbiosis of technology and nature.
· ALL IN! – The climate challenge will not be decided in Germany, Europe, or even the U.S., but rather in China, India, and Africa. Climate nationalism is not the answer – and Germany’s “All Electric” approach is also a dead end.
The book can be ordered from Murmann Publishers (order here), from Thalia (order here), from Hugendubel (order here), or at your local bookstore of choice.
Image source: FAW/n & Global Energy Solutions
