Our Electricity Problem: Getting the Diagnosis Correct | Our Finite World

Our Electricity Problem: Getting the Diagnosis Correct | Our Finite World



Our Electricity Problem: Getting the Diagnosis Correct



Posted on October 14, 2015 by Gail Tverberg



What is really wrong with our energy system, particularly as it relates to electricity and natural gas? Are there any mitigations available? I have been asked to give a talk at an Electricity/Natural Gas conference that includes both producers and industrial users of electricity and natural gas.



In this presentation, I suggest that the standard diagnosis of the problems facing the energy system is incomplete. While climate change may be a problem, there is another urgent problem that attendees at the conference should be aware of as well–affordability, and the severe near-term impact affordability can be expected to have on the system.



My written summary of this talk is fairly brief. I have not tried to repeat the information shown on the slides. This is a link to a copy of my presentation: Our Electricity Problem: Getting the Diagnosis Right



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