I’m setting a reading list for a debate amongst my students about Australian energy policy. It’s likely to be relatively abstract discussion as none of us has access to, or expertise in, the specific data.

I’ve already got

and

	WHY _vs_ WHY Nuclear Power Barry Brook (YES) vs Ian Lowe (NO)
and
	Sustainable Energy – without the hot air, David JC MacKay

as the main texts for the debate. The first book is specifically Australian, but the second is UK focused (but only really from a data point of view). I’d like to include some contrarian texts too, the two that come to mind are

	The False Promise of Green Energy, by Andrew Morriss, William T. Bogart and Roger E. Meiners
and
	The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves, by Matt Ridley

but I haven’t read either of them, and I’d be interested to hear what other people recommend, and what they think of the books mentioned.

The current motion for the debate is: “this house believes that Australia’s energy supply mix is doing just fine the way it is” and I’m a bit worried that nobody will come to support the motion with any enthusiasm.

I’ll be posting more studio related bits as it gets going, but I’d love some suggestions.