Energy is a depressing topic. The more I learn, the more depressing it gets.
This is the opposite of digital tech. The more you learn, the more exciting it gets.
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Mostly the prospects of it. The race against carbon really does not seem winnable.
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We basically got 100 years of development for free by scooping oil out of the ground. Need to transition to a different model before we run out.
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Running out is no longer a problem with gas+electric. Carbon emissions is the problem.
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Why? Electric transportation is salvation, a way to stave off the malthusian trap.
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And this explains why so many bros are focused on things like self-driving cars instead of addressing the more fundamental problems of energy and climate change.
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Yeah big meta problem is that the greater the adoption of renewables, the lower the comparative cost of carbon intensive industry
Achieving decarbonization is a planet scale political problem and there aren’t any (current) political institutions up to the task
Nicely put, JM. Even in Silicon Valley, there are some things that more than a full stack developer to solve.








