Special report | Economics and energy
The economics of the climate
Energy choices shape economies—and could reshape them
IF DELEGATES TO the Glasgow COP fancy a day out, they could do worse than take a 50-minute train journey to Wemyss Bay and a 35-minute ferry journey across the Firth of Clyde to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. Rothesay’s charms as a resort have faded, but its distance from the madding crowd and wonderful sea views remain. So do the lessons it holds about how fossil fuels became integral to industrial growth.
This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline “Flows and fuel”
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