# The Energy Trap

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-lyon/the-energy-trap

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- Authors: [Richard Lyon](https://www.bookquiver.com/richard-lyon)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2026-09-24

## Description

In this short, sharp book, Richard Lyon - electrical engineer, petroleum engineer and energy economist - strips the energy debate back to the physics. What he finds is alarming: the fossil fuels are running out, the proposed replacements can't do the job and the people in charge don't understand the science well enough to realise. But this is not a counsel of despair. There is a way through - if we stop wasting what remains on systems that can't work and start building the one that can.

## Editions

### The Energy Trap

- Publisher: swift_press_audio
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-18-0075-737-0
- Published: 2026-09-24
- Language: en_GB