"Alas, a close reading reveals that **these magic prescriptions give no explanation for how the four material pillars of modern civilization** (cement, steel, plastic, and ammonia) **will be produced solely with renewable electricity**, nor do they convincingly explain how flying, shipping, and trucking (to which we owe our modern economic globalization) could become 80 percent carbon-free by 2030; they merely assert that it could be so." ([Location 3813](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=3813)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[decarbonisation]], [[renewable-electricity]], [[green-hydrogen]], [[sustainable aviation fuels]], [[climate-change]] **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]