The culture of waste in fossil fuels

Looking at the world around us, it can be hard to imagine ever transitioning beyond fossil fuels. In a zero carbon world, every car and bus and train is electric. All heating is electric, all industry and aviation. It’s hard to believe that we can ever build enough renewable energy to meet all of those needs, or that the grid could handle it all.

The answer is that we don’t have to.

First of all, the change should include a modal shift rather than a straight swap in technology – so activ...