Energy & Progress
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Argues that economic development requires far more energy, claiming no wealthy low-energy country exists and labeling current policy a “low energy trap.” Points to solar’s exponential deployment but warns of intermittency with Dunkelflaute: 20 GW gap and roughly 40–70 GWh storage shortfall during bad weeks in Germany; notes Germany produces less electricity now than in 1990. Prescribes concrete fixes: massive energy storage build-out, ramped solar plus nuclear, carbon capture and electrification of transport and data centers.
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