{"id":249781,"date":"2023-03-26T20:04:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T18:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=249781"},"modified":"2023-03-26T20:04:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T18:04:21","slug":"securing-energy-vs-decarbonizing-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=249781","title":{"rendered":"Securing Energy vs. Decarbonizing Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"249798\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=249798\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1a4120207027627f0b-1.jpeg?fit=1707%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1707,960\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1a4120207027627f0b-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1a4120207027627f0b-1.jpeg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1a4120207027627f0b-1.jpeg?fit=723%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1a4120207027627f0b-1.jpeg?resize=723%2C407&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1a4120207027627f0b-1.jpeg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1a4120207027627f0b-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1a4120207027627f0b-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1a4120207027627f0b-1.jpeg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1a4120207027627f0b-1.jpeg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1a4120207027627f0b-1.jpeg?w=1707&amp;ssl=1 1707w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/1a4120207027627f0b-1.jpeg?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/rclutz.com\/2023\/03\/24\/securing-energy-vs-decarbonizing-energy\/\">Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/author\/ronaldrc\/\">Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"249783\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=249783\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1127.png?fit=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"450,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-1127\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1127.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1127.png?fit=450%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1127.png?resize=635%2C635&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249783\" width=\"635\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1127.png?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1127.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1127.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1127.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1127.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1127.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Irina Slav explains the deadlock over energy policy goals in her OilPrice article&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/The-Environment\/Global-Warming\/Energy-Transition-Advocates-Get-A-Reality-Check.html\"><strong>Energy Transition Advocates Get A Reality Check.<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp; H\/T Tyler Durden.&nbsp; Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The choice<strong>&nbsp;between energy security and decarbonization<\/strong>&nbsp;is not one that tends to attract a lot of attention.&nbsp;<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Following the&nbsp;<strong>energy crisis in Europe<\/strong>&nbsp;last year,&nbsp;<strong>world leaders are more aware of energy security.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change&nbsp;<strong>(IPCC) is calling for an acceleration of the decarbonization push.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>This week,<\/strong>&nbsp;the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a new report. Unsurprisingly alarming,&nbsp;<strong>the IPCC report aimed to turn up the heat<\/strong>&nbsp;on governments, the business world, and every one of us to do more&nbsp;<strong>about the energy transition<\/strong>. Decarbonization, the report said, had to move faster and more dramatically. Yet that wasn\u2019t the only document that made the headlines this week.&nbsp;<strong>Shell also released a report<\/strong>&nbsp;in which it detailed&nbsp;<strong>two different scenarios<\/strong>&nbsp;for the future to 2050. In those scenarios, the supermajor\u2019s analysts&nbsp;<strong>pitted energy security against the energy transition \u2013 something the IPCC reports have never done.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e81515\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><em><strong>The choice between energy security and decarbonization does not get much attention,<\/strong><\/em><br><em><strong>because it exposes the shortcomings of low-carbon energy.<\/strong><\/em><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Yet, as Europe found out last year, it may be&nbsp;<strong>wise to discuss this topic before we splash $110 trillion on the energy transition<\/strong>.&nbsp; In one of its scenarios, dubbed Archipelagos, Shell paints a familiar picture of the world of the future, at least politically.&nbsp;<strong>With a focus on energy security rather than decarbonization, the Archipelagos scenario describes a world similar to 19th-century Europe<\/strong>, where spheres of interest shift and nations ally with a view to energy security and resilience.&nbsp; In that scenario, emission reductions and the Paris Agreement take a back seat, but<strong>&nbsp;work continues on deploying low-carbon energy technolog<\/strong>y. It simply progresses&nbsp;<strong>at a much slower pace.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The&nbsp;<strong>IPCC would<\/strong>&nbsp;probably be quick to&nbsp;<strong>point<\/strong>&nbsp;out&nbsp;<strong>that<\/strong>&nbsp;this scenario is&nbsp;<strong>effectively a doomsday scenario<\/strong>&nbsp;because&nbsp;<strong>nothing should take priority<\/strong>&nbsp;over emission reduction and the race to net zero. However, it is much<strong>&nbsp;easier to make computer models<\/strong>&nbsp;of future global temperatures<strong>&nbsp;and sound the alarm<\/strong>&nbsp;about them&nbsp;<strong>than find the money and the raw materials necessary<\/strong>&nbsp;to effect the transition at the pace that the IPCC wants it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"249785\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=249785\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1128.png?fit=679%2C611&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"679,611\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-1128\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1128.png?fit=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1128.png?fit=679%2C611&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1128.png?resize=723%2C651&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249785\" width=\"723\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1128.png?w=679&amp;ssl=1 679w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1128.png?resize=300%2C270&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>The raw materials problem of the transition<\/strong>&nbsp;has been garnering more and more attention from the media and, with it, from various stakeholders. The United States came up with the idea of friend-shoring to source these raw materials because it has<strong>&nbsp;no mine capacity to meet all of its projected demand<\/strong>&nbsp;from local supply. The EU plans to set up a Critical Raw Material Club, which effectively amounts to a buyers\u2019 cartel, but this time for metals and minerals.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The chances of success of either of these approaches are yet to become clear, but in the meantime,\u00a0<strong>another thing<\/strong>\u00a0is becoming clear:\u00a0<strong>the transition bill will be even bigger<\/strong>\u00a0than previously expected.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"249787\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=249787\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1129.png?fit=500%2C278&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,278\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-1129\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1129.png?fit=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1129.png?fit=500%2C278&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1129.png?resize=631%2C351&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249787\" width=\"631\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1129.png?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1129.png?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The sum total of transition investments has always been in the trillion-dollar territory, but the latest estimate from a climate think tank pegs<strong>\u00a0the annual spend necessary to hit net zero by 2050 at $3.5 trillion.<\/strong>\u00a0That\u2019s a more than<strong>\u00a0threefold increase<\/strong>\u00a0on last year\u2019s record investment in wind, solar, and other decarbonization efforts, which for the first time topped $1 trillion. Unfortunately, that\u00a0<strong>record investment<\/strong>\u2014some of its actual spent, the rest in commitments\u2014<strong>brought us nowhere near either net zero or energy security.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"511\" data-attachment-id=\"249788\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=249788\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1130.png?fit=1754%2C1240&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1754,1240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-1130\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1130.png?fit=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1130.png?fit=723%2C511&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1130.png?resize=723%2C511&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1130.png?resize=1024%2C724&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1130.png?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1130.png?resize=768%2C543&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1130.png?resize=1536%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1130.png?resize=1200%2C848&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1130.png?w=1754&amp;ssl=1 1754w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1130.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>In Shell\u2019s second scenario (Sky 2050),<\/strong>&nbsp;however, these<strong>&nbsp;investments will work their miracle,<\/strong>&nbsp;with the indispensable help of everyone deciding to work for the common goal of cutting emissions and achieving what the company referred to long-term energy security.&nbsp; In this scenario, governments, citizens, and businesses team up to<strong>&nbsp;bring those emissions down and deploy as much low-carbon energy capacity<\/strong>&nbsp;as possible, notably driven by energy security concerns. Energy security has indeed been one of the strongest arguments in favor of&nbsp;<strong>wind and solar\u2014the energy produced locally is better than imported energy.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>That leaves&nbsp;<strong>the reliability and affordability issue<\/strong>, which decision-makers appear determined to tackle with excess capacity\u2014for reliability\u2014and with&nbsp;<strong>massive investments and subsidies\u2014to solve the affordability problem<\/strong>. Because much as climate think tanks and activists like to repeat that wind and solar are the cheapest form of energy available, the&nbsp;<strong>wind and solar industries themselves appear to disagree.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWe are walking when we should be sprinting,\u201d the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Hoesung Lee, said at the release of the body\u2019s latest report.&nbsp; There are&nbsp;<strong>\u201cno big fundamental barriers to the energy transition,\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;said the deputy director of that climate think tank that produced the report estimating the cost of said transition.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"263\" data-attachment-id=\"249790\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=249790\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1131.png?fit=965%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"965,351\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-1131\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1131.png?fit=300%2C109&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1131.png?fit=723%2C263&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1131.png?resize=723%2C263&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1131.png?w=965&amp;ssl=1 965w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1131.png?resize=300%2C109&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1131.png?resize=768%2C279&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Based on these statements and the documents behind them, the<strong>&nbsp;transition seems like a no-brainer,<\/strong>&nbsp;however you look at it.<strong>&nbsp;Except if you look at it from an energy security perspective. Or a financial one.<\/strong>&nbsp;Because if there were no big fundamental barriers to decarbonization, such as reliability issues or affordability challenges, the<strong>&nbsp;transition would be happening everywhere, organically, without the need for such strong government support.<\/strong>&nbsp;This is what happens with successful, beneficial technology.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Which of the two scenarios that Shell has developed for the future remains to be seen. For now, the\u00a0<strong>Archipelago scenario seems more realistic<\/strong>, not least because it does\u00a0<strong>not<\/strong>\u00a0rely on\u00a0<strong>as many assumptions as the Sky 2050 scenario<\/strong>, such as a global ban on ICE cars by 2040.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"249793\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=249793\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1132.png?fit=335%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"335,335\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-1132\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1132.png?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1132.png?fit=335%2C335&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1132.png?resize=459%2C459&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249793\" width=\"459\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1132.png?w=335&amp;ssl=1 335w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1132.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1132.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1132.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1132.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Planning on an Array of Assumptions<\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/08\/energy-old-new-no-1.png\"><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>So do&nbsp;<strong>all the scenarios of transition advocates.<\/strong>&nbsp;They are all&nbsp;<strong>based on<\/strong>&nbsp;a series of&nbsp;<strong>assumptions<\/strong>, some of them<strong>&nbsp;dangerously far-fetched<\/strong>, such as the assumption that there will be enough metals for EVs to take over roads. And assumptions are risky allies. Although sometimes grounded in reality, most of the transition assumptions appear to be<strong>&nbsp;grounded in wishes rather than facts<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#e8151c\" class=\"has-inline-color\">And wishes do not make reality or<br>bring energy security into spontaneous existence.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"318\" data-attachment-id=\"249795\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=249795\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1133.png?fit=1187%2C523&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1187,523\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-1133\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1133.png?fit=300%2C132&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1133.png?fit=723%2C318&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1133.png?resize=723%2C318&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1133.png?resize=1024%2C451&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1133.png?resize=300%2C132&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1133.png?resize=768%2C338&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1133.png?w=1187&amp;ssl=1 1187w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Footnote:&nbsp; Dieter Helm\u2019s In Depth Analysis of Climate and Energy Security Policy<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rclutz.com\/2022\/04\/26\/seeking-climate-and-energy-security\/\"><strong>Seeking Climate and Energy Security<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"481\" data-attachment-id=\"249796\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=249796\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1134.png?fit=999%2C665&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"999,665\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-1134\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1134.png?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1134.png?fit=723%2C481&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1134.png?resize=723%2C481&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-249796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1134.png?w=999&amp;ssl=1 999w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1134.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1134.png?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Europe at night from space NASA 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The choice between energy security and decarbonization does not get much attention,<br \/>\nbecause it exposes 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They pressured companies to divest from fossil fuels. They built an entire moral and financial architecture around the concept of decarbonization.","rel":"","context":"In \"climate illusions\"","block_context":{"text":"climate illusions","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-illusions"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_22_59-1.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_22_59-1.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_22_59-1.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ChatGPT-Image-17.-Juni-2025-09_22_59-1.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":224176,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=224176","url_meta":{"origin":249781,"position":2},"title":"Chevron CEO Blames Climate Policies for Global Energy Crisis","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"16\/10\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The chairman and CEO of energy company Chevron warned the global energy crisis had been\u00a0exacerbated by Western governments \"doubling down\" on green energy policies that will only cause \"more volatility, more unpredictability, and more chaos.\"\u00a0","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-780.png?fit=1185%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-780.png?fit=1185%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-780.png?fit=1185%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-780.png?fit=1185%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-780.png?fit=1185%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":350099,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=350099","url_meta":{"origin":249781,"position":3},"title":"Big Energy Policy Mistake: &#8220;All Of The Above&#8221;","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"04\/11\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I noted that, during this election cycle, \u201cenergy realism\u201d has suddenly become a positive electoral issue for Republicans. The positive electoral effect comes from pointing out that a forced energy transition increases consumer costs, limits choice, and destroys jobs. 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