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Then he went about begging the question: > What does having a lot more energy let us do? For starters we can avoid the worst of the climate crisis by aggressiv
by tigerlily 4y ago
Then he went about begging the question:
> What does having a lot more energy let us do? For starters we can avoid the worst of the climate crisis by aggressively shifting to electrification of transportation, heating and cooling, production and so forth.
Electrification means a decrease in overall energy usage. No increase in energy production required.
- anovikov 4y agoThen the whole discussion is only a matter of confusion between "energy" and "electricity". In fact, reduction of consumption of "energy" under most scenarios means increase of consumption of electricity, because electricity allows to do a lot more with less e.g. electric vs gasoline powered cars. And, electricity is the easiest form of energy to produce in a renewable way. 63% of electricity in EU is renewable or nuclear i.e. low-carbon, while only about 22% of energy overall is renewable and some about 27% is low-carbon.