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The Energy Transition Will Be Untidy by Design
Complex systems are messy. Whether we are talking about the global economy or the human brain, complex systems always include redundancy, waste and resource disparity. However, this messiness of complex systems is not a bug — it’s a feature. Redundancy and waste lead to resiliency since there is no single point of failure. Because the energy transition is being funded through capitalist investment, rather than through the direction of a command economy, the energy transition will share this essential messiness. Aspects of the energy transition will appear wasteful or misdirected. Freeze any complex system in ... (full story)