For Putin, Western efforts at regime change could only be countered by his own attacks on Western democracies. Maddow’s book is rich with other stories, from fracking in Oklahoma to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Around 80 percent of the world’s energy supply comes from fossil fuels, just about the same as 25 years ago. Without fossil fuels today, the lights would go out in much of the country. “Blowout” is a brilliant description of many of the problems caused by our reliance on fossil fuels.

Source: International New York Times October 30, 2019 14:37 UTC