last highlighted date: 2024-08-09

Highlights

  • Electric vehicles need 3 to 4 times less energy than petrol ones. Electric heat pumps are around 3 times as efficient as a gas boiler.
  • Headlines claimed that 10% to 20% of solar and wind on the grid would break it. Many countries have easily passed these thresholds, and their grids are still standing.
  • I’m already looking forward to returning to this in 2030 to see how accurate the last column is. In the meantime, I’ll be doing what I can to make it happen.