Review of "Manifesto: How a maverick entrepreneur took on British energy and won' by Dale Vince

Hard to live in Stroud without knowing about Dale Vince. We've been customers of Ecotricity for years, and we've been to hear him talk at Womad a few times. Sometimes we see hin in the local cafe, and he seems to radiate a 'don't talk to me' aura, not in a hostile way but like someone who'd like their privacy respected.

This book is really interesting - he reveals a lot of his personal history, with the Travellers Convoy and after. He's obviously a very focused person, with a really strong connection to practical things, but a good business sense too, and a powerful code of ethics. It's fascinating to read about the details of the company's relationships with other big businesses, and how absolutely awful they were.

I'd recommend this to anyone who wanted to know about the practicalities of the renewable energy industry.