Take a moment to really let this sink in. 
"Energy determines geopolitics. Therefore, a new energy environment will mean a new geopolitical environment."
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"One error that's very, very often made is people will say, 'Well, we're a very long way from renewables being 100% of all energy, therefore when it's 100%, wake me up.' Well, of course, that's not how the world works. The world works on marginal change, basically." 28/
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"It's very notable that when we switched from wood to coal after 1800, coal doesn't become largest global energy source until 1905. But the whole of the 19th C was the working out of the consequences of the rise of those countries which exploited this new energy technology." 29/
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"So, if you are looking at the percentage share and thinking that's going to protect you from the transition, you are being delusional." That last sentence may be my favorite.
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Since we need to dramatically change our reliance on fossil fuels over a much shorter period of time (since we didn't act earlier), how can we possibly shift in time to avoid the high carbon emissions scenario?
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I'm still learning how this could happen, but I think it's not "one thing" but a multipronged attack. What also gives me hope: s-curves and the non-linear nature of large-scale, rapid change (the conditions for which are emerging now). https://www.google.com/search?q=s+curves&oq=s+curves&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.2494j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 …
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