Global fossil fuel demand set to fall from 2020, three centuries after the dawn of the Industrial Revolution Solar panels and electric vehicles are becoming cheaper so quickly that demand for oil and coal will peak in just three years, report predicts Demand for coal and oil will peak in 2020 as the renewable energy revolution gathers pace and undercuts ... Read More »
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The $8 Trillion Fight Over How to Rid America of Fossil Fuel
The $8 Trillion Fight Over How to Rid America of Fossil Fuel For every economist, there exists an equal and opposite economist, and they’re both wrong. Like many jokes, this one is funny (to economists, anyway) because it’s true. What isn’t so funny is its application to the biggest challenge of the 21st century: How to shed a fossil-fuel energy infrastructure that ... Read More »