Scrap net zero and embrace Mediterranean life”, he argued that “climate change is real” but “the war against global warming has been lost”. His timing was impeccable: extolling a Mediterranean climate just as the Mediterranean region goes up in flames. But renewables are already cheaper, and better for us, than fossil fuels in almost all situations. As a result of the plunging price of renewables, far from having lost the climate war, we could be about to witness a rapid turnaround. The result is that any attempt to restrict the use of fossil fuels is perceived as class war.