WALT PATTERSON Walt Patterson is Associate Fellow in the Energy, Environment and Resources Programme at Chatham House in London, UK, a Visiting Fellow at the University of Sussex and a founder-member of the International Energy Advisory Council. Born in Canada, he has lived in the UK since 1960. A postgraduate nuclear physicist, he has been actively involved in energy and environment since the late 1960s. Electricity Vs Fire: The Fight For Our Future is Patterson's fourteenth book. He has also published hundreds of papers, articles and reviews, on topics including nuclear power, coal technolog...