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Energy and equity
Can a pandemic and a climate precipice drive home the message that our addiction to ever-growing energy use must be curbed, asks ALAN SIMPSON

THE images of motorway tailbacks, even before Britain’s lockdown period officially loosened, brought two things home to me.
The first was that, without clear leadership, crises always take you perilously close to collective insanity.
I’m sure none of the families who decided it was a good moment to nip off to the coast or the countryside ever expected to spend the day walking between stationary vehicles on the motorway.
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