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INTRODUCTION
KICK THE HABIT
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to put on much GHG weight at all? And if they do get fatter, does that mean
those who are already fat agreeing to become thinner? Not many politicians
campaign on a platform of telling electors they can look forward to fewer
of the good things in life. The argument goes beyond the strict question of
climate change, in the sense that it embraces the whole range of resources
modern society demands. But in another sense it is still about greenhouse
gases, because energy is what makes things happen – just about everything
that does happen.