The Big Switch: Australia’s Electric Future

Saul Griffith

Feb 2022 · Black Inc.

About this ebook

An inspiring, practical plan to transform Australia’s energy system and supercharge our response to the climate crisis

Climate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something now – but what? Australian visionary Saul Griffith has a plan. In The Big Switch, Griffith lays out a detailed blueprint – optimistic but feasible – for fighting climate change while creating millions of new jobs and a healthier environment. Griffith explains exactly what it would take to transform our infrastructure, update our grid, and adapt our households. Billionaires may contemplate escaping our worn-out planet on a private rocket ship to Mars, but the rest of us, Griffith says, will stay and fight for the future.

‘I’m a scientist, inventor and father who wants to leave my kids a better world. The data convinces me that it is still rational to have hope.’ —Saul Griffith

'About f*cking time we have an actual plan written down that can be executed and financed. In a decarbonised world, Australia is a winner. The opportunity now is ours for the taking.' -Mike Cannon-Brookes

'Griffth argues that electrification is the path forward to mitigate climate change while creating jobs.' -Rose Mary Petrass, The Fifth Estate

'...an engaging, optimistic, and persuasive perspective on the huge opportunities in front of us.' -Benjamin Powell, Westender Community News

Ratings and reviews

An easy read for a potentially technical topic. Love the user friendly graphs, a picture says a thousand words. This book definitely opened my eyes, I'm not 100% sure how impartial it is as Saul is so passionate, but he tells a convincing story and I'm happy to be persuaded and join the club. I encourage everyone to read this and become climate change and electrification warriors.

Fantastic read. Saul is great - smart, witty and just cuts through the BS. This book simply outlines the actions required to best reduce emissions in Australia that would also save the country money using technologies available today with data and thinking to support this idea.

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About the author

SAUL GRIFFITH, Ph.D, is an Australian engineer and inventor. He’s been a principal investigator on research projects for NASA, Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, the National Science Foundation and US Special Operations Command. He was awarded the MacArthur “Genius Grant” in 2007.