# The Big Switch by Saul Griffith **URL:** \ **Category:** Energy Nerd's Book Club\ **Tags:** books-to-consider\ **Created:** [6 September 2024 12:38 UTC](https://community-energy.discourse.group/t/the-big-switch-by-saul-griffith/22 "2024-09-06T12:38:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeatherSmith](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/community-energy.discourse.group/heathersmith/32/4_2.png) [@HeatherSmith](https://community-energy.discourse.group/u/HeatherSmith)\ **Post date:** [6 September 2024 12:38 UTC](https://community-energy.discourse.group/t/the-big-switch-by-saul-griffith/22/1 "2024-09-06T12:38:45Z")
Saul is a wonderful speaker and advocate for the Electrify Everything movement. You can listen to the book for free here [The Big Switch Audio Edition](https://www.rewiringaustralia.org/thebigswitch/audio) and you can see a presentation by Saul (not about the book) [at the latest Community Energy Congress](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmT6Sq0VOqk&list=PLh20SQPS9AUR7SYxDH2nlNQvRhAlX4cT_&index=2&t=314s) What do you think? Is this a good one for the Bookclub? ![9781760643874](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/uploads/community_energy/original/1X/07f19933109e1cc09e7e966d8b5f73f242b15f08.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![HeatherSmith](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/community-energy.discourse.group/heathersmith/32/4_2.png) [@HeatherSmith](https://community-energy.discourse.group/u/HeatherSmith)\ **Post date:** [21 September 2024 11:06 UTC](https://community-energy.discourse.group/t/the-big-switch-by-saul-griffith/22/2 "2024-09-21T11:06:44Z")
> **[The Wires That Bind: Electrification and Community Renewal | Quarterly Essay](https://www.quarterlyessay.com.au/essay/2023/03/the-wires-that-bind)** > > A compelling vision of green energy at a local level We might get more out of a discussion about Saul’s quarterly essay! ---
**Author:** ![HeatherSmith](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/community-energy.discourse.group/heathersmith/32/4_2.png) [@HeatherSmith](https://community-energy.discourse.group/u/HeatherSmith)\ **Post date:** [7 October 2024 12:23 UTC](https://community-energy.discourse.group/t/the-big-switch-by-saul-griffith/22/3 "2024-10-07T12:23:54Z")
here are some review’s and interviews about the quarterly essay. One of the great things about a quarterly essay is that it comes with thoughtful comments (the book club thing starting before you’ve even read it) > **[Response to Saul Griffith’s “The Wires That Bind”](https://bjornsturmberg.com/response-to-saul-griffiths-the-wires-that-bind/)** > > This correspondence was originally published in the June 2023 edition of the Quarterly Essay, in response to the March 2023 edition by Saul Griffith. While the pivotal role of electrification in de… [Saul Griffith’s Wires that Bind | Me fail? I fly!](https://shawjonathan.com/2023/07/07/saul-griffiths-wires-that-bind/) this review picks up on Christine Milne’s critique and has a good link to a radio interview. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_38FMqp-ixE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_38FMqp-ixE) ---
**Author:** ![Juliette](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/community-energy.discourse.group/juliette/32/34_2.png) [@Juliette](https://community-energy.discourse.group/u/Juliette)\ **Post date:** [27 November 2024 22:24 UTC](https://community-energy.discourse.group/t/the-big-switch-by-saul-griffith/22/4 "2024-11-27T22:24:46Z")
I like the review you linked to. It was a thoughtful analysis that helped pull the essay together for me and reaffirmed what I like about Saul’s perspective: the evidence and analysis is there to show that the transition is eminently doable, at least on a logistics and economical basis. But although providing hope and giving foundation for actions, logistics will need a bit of help to ensure things happen when the system also needs to accommodate some change (if not yet wholesale change) and there are people in the system who will lose a privileged position.