Climate Fiction and Myth in Climate Fiction
Why are so many novels about climate change pursuing myth and fantasy instead of actual solutions? I am a student of climate fiction, and not surprisingly so, since I write…
Author: David Guenette
The Challenge of Conveying Climate Change Information in Climate Fiction
I think this is the exact quote: “You have thirty mentions of externalities! Cut that by at least half!” I will keep the name of this beta-reader to myself, so…
Writing the Future of Climate Change
Once in a while it is good to look back at what you’ve been doing and reflect on how you got to that work. I’ve been working on the Steep…
How to Win the Electrotech Revolution
Victory is likely; victory fast enough to make a big difference is something else entirely. There’s a lot to do and we need a lot of people to do it.…
Let’s Get Serious About Solar
Balcony solar is okay, but real permitting reform for rooftops and home batteries is what is needed Still, I’m tempted to call baloney when it comes to balcony solar, but…
Oil War and Counter-War on Oil
While big price spikes in oil might be good for Big Oil in the short term, this just makes the economic argument for the clean energy transition that much clearer…
Fossil Fuel Demand Growth Uber Alles
“I have been warning that the projected electricity demand for Artificial Intelligence is being celebrated by fossil fuel companies as a lifeline—an anchor allowing Big Oil to keep selling natural…
Figuring Out Climate Fiction
More academics at work on climate storytelling Everybody tries to figure things out, although what is being figured out is hardly the same for everyone. Nor is the method for…
The War on Big Oil
No, I’m not talking about the violence of war, although, in my upcoming Over Brooklyn Hills, Book Three in my literary climate fiction series the Steep Climes Quartet, I have…
Over Brooklyn Hills, Book Three of The Steep Climes Quartet
Over Brooklyn Hills now available! As summer in 2035 approaches, an unrelenting heatwave settles over New York City and west to Lake Erie and south into parts of New Jersey…