Very roughly, the plan to get rid of fossil fuels looks like:
- Generate electricity without burning stuff
- electrify everything we can
- Stop doing the few things we can’t electrify
So this is a big deal in terms of getting where we need to go.
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Any serious country would want to wean itself off of the geopolitical risks of depending on fossil fuels.
Especially China because its oil supply is basically at America’s mercy in a serious military conflict.
Except they can get oil from Russia.