There has never been an energy transition
There has never been an energy transition
Some sobering truths about energy and the economy.
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The article is oversimplifying it by looking at global data. When looking at data from individual countries there have been some energy transitions, so it is not like it is impossible to do. But yeah, the point of the article isn't complete non-sense.
the transition in post-industrial countries happens because they can consume industrial goods produced in other countries that are not transitioning. It's the same trick they use to make you believe plastic is recyclable.
Except that the primary limiter on the rate at which the poorer countries are transitioning is a lack of capital with which to build new cheaper renewables in a country scale example of it being expensive to be poor. Building local industrial goods is giving them the capital necessary to build renewables, it’s just lagging because Fossil companies are putting huge amounts of capital into slowing it.
This logic totally makes sense in the world of university economy books, or international cooperation, but it's still going to kill most people on the planet.
Unfortunately, we are a global society.
As a german guy I was confused about the article for a second. As its possible to see less coal usage because of solar and wind on day