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IMF Fossil Fuel Subsidies Data: 2023 Update

Global fossil fuel subsidies hit $6.7 trillion in 2024. Only 11% were explicitly undercharging for supply. 89% were implicitly undercharging for biosphere damage including pollution costs. In contrast, the global renewable transition is estimated to cost around $1 trillion to $2 trillion annually, meaning subsidy redirection could fully fund the green shift. According to research […]

The Incredible Inefficiency of the Fossil Energy System

The shift from primary energy to useful energy is the fundamental game-changer of the energy transition. Rather than fixating on replacing total primary energy inputs, which are currently inflated by massive fossil-fuel waste heat, the core of the transition is to generate clean, highly efficient useful energy — which ultimately reduces to motion and heat. […]

The Lazy Person’s Guide to Saving the World

The transformation to a just, secure SE3LLC requires the cooperation, participation, dedication… of all citizen – shareholders all of the time at home, school, work, play… This UN article provides some important starters that will accelerate the transition while inspiring us all to be better together than we ever imagined that we could be apart. […]

Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector

1 Summary The Net Zero 2050 transition represents a fundamental structural optimization of the global energy architecture. Traditional energy models rely on raw primary energy inputs rather than delivered useful energy, creating a massive misinterpretation known as the Primary Energy Fallacy. Because thermal fossil combustion loses approximately 63% of its initial energy to unwanted heat […]

Why Battery Electric Vehicles Win

Is it possible to include the following additional fuel costs of ICEV’s as reduced efficiency items: Exploration and delivery costs All military costs including degraded quality of life and loss of lives protecting the supply chains Pollution and biosphere degradation costs Addition healthcare, reduced quality of life, loss of life costs Millions of years of […]