Fouquet (2010) compares the drivers of fourteen energy transitions in the means of providing heat, light, mobility and power in the UK over the past millennium. In the majority of cases, better or different energy services drove the transition: “The steam engine enabled entrepreneurs to boost production, not limited by humans or animals or by the location of flowing water. Railways and cars transformed the provision of transport services, allowing a faster service and a more flexible and private form of transport respectively.