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"Many readers will have heard of the Hydrogen Ladder, the arresting graphic
that helped puncture much of the hydrogen hype of a few years ago, and focus
the technology on what it might really be able to do in the short term.
Now, some of the same authors of that ladder have produced an electric
equivalent, the Electrification Staircase, which takes a deep dive into what
can and should be electrified soon, and what remains speculative, even in the
1940s.
One of those authors, former
Bloomberg New Energy Finance founder and now
analyst and consultant Michael Liebreich, says his big take from the new
ladder, finally published this month after being first presented in December,
is that we can “electrify almost everything.”
“Once you get reasonably clean power, electrification represents the cheapest
way to deliver incremental decarbonization,” Liebreich writes on his substack.
“And electrification is the only real way to insulate yourself from the current
oil and gas shock – and the next one, and the one after, ad infinitum. China
gets it. Consumers flocking to buy EVs get it.”
Australia is starting on its electrification journey, focused on home
appliances, electric vehicles and industry, both as a means to reduce the
country’s dependence on expensive fossil gas, and to cut emissions.
Australia leads the world in the take up of rooftop solar and home batteries,
but it trails much of the western world in electric vehicles, although adoption
is accelerating, thanks to the fossil fuel supply crisis caused by events in
the Middle East.
Some state and territory governments have issued new laws to phase out gas and
ban new connections for homes. Australia is well placed to electrify, given its
vast wind and solar resources, and green iron and green steel is seen as one of
the most likely opportunities."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
