A must read for an assessment of our predicament is "Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet' by physicist Tom Murphy of UCSD
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9js5291m
For a long term assessment of our predicament , Tom Murphy's
book 'Energy and Human Ambitions on a Finite Planet' is a must read:
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9js5291m