This is the electrical size of Germany. Example of stationarity: our systems are not built for nonlinear change. Complex systems can & will fail—important is understanding their dynamics https://twitter.com/cohan_ds/status/1360954454451847169
It helps to have such examples in mind when people talk about “net zero” GHG or “full” decarbonization. There are studies ( @mzjacobson & Co.) on 💯 renewables.
But the engineering & economic challenges are significant in practice, in increasingly erratic climates, and it’s hard to imagine solutions within the remaining time.
Ketan looks at the politics from an Australian angle; but even without such politics & manipulation, the engineering & economic problem would remain. https://twitter.com/ketanj0/status/1361045779285237765
There simply is no way to decarbonize rapidly without fast shedding complexity, ie reducing scale & energy consumption (nodes & energy consumption per node) in the system.
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