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Science conclusively confirms: To avoid irreversible climate collapse, we must stop burning all fossil fuels within the next decade. In this concise, easy-to-read article, Ashley Dawson outlines what is needed to bring about this fundamental transformation: Simply replacing coal-fired power stations with for-profit solar farms will only perpetuate the toxic illusion that relentlessly rising energy consumption can be sustained. We can no longer view energy as a commodity. Rather, we must see it as part of the global common resource, a vital component of the vast reserves of air, water and plants, as well as cultural forms such as language and art that represent the heritage of all humanity. “People Power” offers a compelling critique of the market-based transition to renewable energy. The book reviews the early development of the electricity grid in the United States, and tells the story of the struggles for public control of energy during the Great Depression. This history frames a narrative of contemporary campaigns, both in the United States and Europe, that reject market fundamentalism and rigid state power in favor of clean, democratically managed, and equitably distributed energy.