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Electrification is a necessary condition to overall improvement. Without electrification of most all sectors, it's the same as having an economy without money,
by AYBABTME 3y ago
Electrification is a necessary condition to overall improvement. Without electrification of most all sectors, it's the same as having an economy without money, only barter.
Improving the grid's mix is also very important, of course, but it's something that can be done in parallel or lagging of electrification. Improvements to the grid are amplified by electrification. When everything is electric, there's only one thing to focus on and it becomes electricity generation. But without this, improvements to the grid are much less impactful.
Also it's to be noted that grid scale non-renewable power plants are orders of magnitude more efficient than the same power sources at household scale.
That somewhere some government replaced wind with coal doesn't change this.