Saving The Planet Without The Bullshit Book Review

Book Name:  Saving The Planet Without The Bullshit, What they don’t tell you about the Climate Crisis

Author Name: Assaad Razzouk

Published: 2022

The book ‘Saving The Planet Without The Bullshit’ by Assaad Razzouk is a powerful take on the issue of climate change. The book emphasizes the need for structural and systematic changes in order to make a tangible difference in the global climate crisis. 

Assaad Razzouk has argued for climate action by governments, big corporations, and fossil fuel behemoths instead of individual behavior changes, etc. For far too long business and fossil-fuel companies have been shirking away from their responsibility and shifting the blame on ‘consumer responsibility’. 

Take the case of air pollution which is blatantly caused due to the actions of oil and gas companies. There are about 90 companies in fossil-fuel-related areas that are responsible for two-thirds of all greenhouse gas emissions since industrialization began. He advocates for strong government actions like stopping fossil fuel subsidies and enforcing companies to pay for the environmental damage of their products. 

He highlights an interesting case study about a city in China that completely electrified its taxi fleet and reduced its air pollution. This example illustrates that climate solutions driven by the government through renewable energy and electrification can show impactful results.

The book also presents multiple evidence-based facts from many other research reports.

Saving The Planet Without The Bullshit is divided into 28 chapters over 300 pages, dealing with subjects like capitalism, greenwashing, microplastics, green hydrogen, green finance, palm oil production, climate news coverage, etc. The small chapters punctuated with examples and facts make the book entertaining and readable.

There are instances related to Assaad’s views on sustainable lifestyle choices like a plant-based diet, cycling, air travel, etc, which one might not agree to. However, as per his book, these small individual actions are distractions and our attention should be focussed on things that matter the most for solving the climate crisis.

Assaad Razzouk is a Lebanese-British entrepreneur based in Singapore and a thought leader on clean energy. 

If you want to buy Saving The Planet Without The Bullshit by Assaad Razzouk and read it for yourself,here is the Amazon link.