In 2021, the International Energy Agency, an autonomous intergovernmental organization established within the framework of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), released a detailed report examining what would be required to get to net zero.[36] It found that fossil fuels, which today account for four-fifths of the world’s energy production, could provide no more than one-fifth in 2050. Replacing them would require a vast increase in electrification—our grandchildren will encounter gas stations only in history books—and an explosion in the production of electricity
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