Electric Vehicles Are Here And Electric Jets Are Coming. Should We Fear Electrification Of The Economy?
A prototype of an electric-powered aircraft set to be flown in the Air Race E-series, sits display … [+] during the first day of the 16th Dubai Air Show at Dubai World Central (DWC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. The Dubai Air Show is the biggest aerospace event in the Middle East, Asia and Africa and runs Nov. 17 – 21. Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg
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Electric vehicles are a crucial pathway to carbon neutrality. But electric jets will soon arrive — a manifestation of climate change and society’s quest to find new ways to fuel its transport sector and generate cleaner energy.
Suppose the global community is to avert a climate breakdown. It means using less oil and coal and more wind and solar energy — the electrification of the global economy. But fossil fuels now supply 80% of the world’s energy and will continue to play a part in ensuring an orderly and…