WattCarbon on the Modo Energy Podcast

On religion on decarbonization

Last week I had the privilege of joining the Modo Energy podcast to talk about the emergence of competitive demand-side energy markets based around energy attributes - a shift away from the volumetric approaches of the past. In the course of the conversation, we spent time looking at how the decarbonization landscape has shifted to a bottom-up versus a top-down opportunity space. The truth is that we can no longer rely on global accords, and our national governments (especially the US) are now pursuing “recarbonization” strategies.

What’s left are local, distributed efforts. It won’t be easy to decarbonize this way. Resources are limited and opposition is real. But as I explain in the podcast, these are the foundational principles of the United States, inherited from thinkers like Adam Smith, Max Weber, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and others. National innovation has always followed local innovation in the U.S. We should continue to advocate for national policies that accelerate the energy transition away from fossil fuels. But in the meantime, we should also be rolling up our sleeves and working in our own backyards on positive change we can realize today.

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