Stuck in the Middle: The Mid-Transition Crisis & the Energy System's Awkward Middle Age | With Emily Grubert
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The episode discusses the complexities of decarbonization and the simultaneous need to reduce fossil fuel systems while increasing renewable energy sources.
Decarbonization usually means addition: more wind, solar, EVs. But a real transition also means taking something away. We talk about decarbonization like it's a shopping list: more wind, more solar, more EVs, stacked on top of whatever's already running. But a real transition means something also has to come off the list. Fossil systems have to shrink at the same time clean systems grow, and for a good stretch in the middle, both have to serve the same demand at once. Neither one can do the...
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