"Global decarbonization is humanity's most pressing challenge. Powering Empire offers the first historical roadmap charting how the world was carbonized. It also jettisons some misleading yet prevalent myths and clears impediments to this task. One is the naïve assumption that we are currently...

Energy Yatra from Damodar to Zambezi -- A nation and its contradictions -- Nationalisation of problems -- Coal on sale -- Notes from an auditor -- Entrepreneurship and environment -- Winners and losers -- A promise to keep -- Energy ambitions