03074cam a22004578i 4500 23293574 BJBSDDR 20250729101433.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 230823s2024 enk rb 001 0 eng 2023037196 9781804292303 (hardback) 1804292303 (hardback) 9781804292303 (ebk) 23293574 DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc HC 79 C556p 2024 338.9/27 Christophers, Brett, 1971- 42979 The price is wrong : why capitalism won't save the planet / Brett Christophers. London ; New York : Verso, 2024. xxxiii, 398 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. 1 Electric Dreams 2 The Business of Power 3 Free Gift s of Nature 4 The Price Is Right? 5 The Price Is Wrong 6 The Wild West 7 Eating Itself Alive 8 Market Failure 9 Stuck on Support 10 Electric Nightmares 11 Roads to Nowhere "Why the market will never solve the Climate Crisis What if our understanding of capitalism and climate is back to front? What if the problem is not that transitioning to renewables is too expensive, but that saving the planet is not sufficiently profitable?This is Brett Christophers' claim. The global economy is moving too slowly toward sustainability because the return on green investment is too low.Today's consensus is that the key to curbing climate change is to produce green electricity and electrify everything possible. The main economic barrier in that project has seemingly been removed. But while prices of solar and wind power have tumbled, the golden era of renewables has yet to materialize.The problem is that investment is driven by profit, not price, and operating solar and wind farms remains a marginal business, dependent everywhere on the state's financial support.We cannot expect markets and the private sector to solve the climate crisis while the profits that are their lifeblood remain unappetizing. But there is an alternative to providing surrogate green profits through subsidies: to take energy out of the private sector's hands.An essential intervention, The Price Is Wrong is as politically far-reaching as it is factually illuminating"-- Provided by publisher. Sustainability Economic aspects. Sostenibilidad Aspectos económicos 43751 Desarrollo sostenible 6529 Capitalismo Aspectos ambientales 9212 Online version: Christophers, Brett, 1971- Price is wrong London ; New York : Verso, 2024 9781804292303 (DLC) 2023037197 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK LLH 124021 124021 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2025-06-30 0 HC 79 C556p 2024 00000192191 2025-06-30 00:00:00 1 2025-06-30 BK