So far in The Hothouse Chronicles, we’ve walked through a 2 °C world – complete with collapsed ocean currents, cooling Europe and a hothouse tropics. We’ve watched biodiversity unravel and soil degrade. We’ve mapped a mitigation toolkit that includes vertical farms, precision fermentation and rewilding. But we haven’t yet asked the question that decides whether all…
You know the pattern. A new technology appears – solar plus storage, for example – and after the peak of inflated expectations comes the inevitable crash. Hype fatigue sets in. Early adopters nurse bruised shins. And then, right on cue, a study lands like a perfectly aimed rotten tomato. The headline screams: “Home batteries are…