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Electrification means the world will need less energy
Original: Electrification efficiency: The world will need less energy after the transition
Analyst Hannah Ritchie argues that a fully electrified energy system is far more efficient than burning fossil fuels, because electric motors, heat pumps and EVs waste much less energy than combustion. As a result, once the transition to clean electricity is complete, the world could meet the same needs while producing and consuming considerably less total energy than it does today.
Why now: Debates about the scale of clean energy build-out needed for the transition make questions of future energy demand highly topical.
Evidence
- Electrification efficiency: The world will need less energy after the transition · thelastgallon · 11
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