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Learning lessons from past energy transitions for today’s daunting transition to net zero

Mark Lowey
March 27, 2024

As Canada and more than 120 countries attempt the kind of policy-driven energy transition that has never been done in history, what kinds of lessons can we learn from past energy transitions?

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Organizations:	Energy vs Climate, Federal Republic of Germany, Government of Alberta, Government of Canada, Pembina Institute, U.S. government, University of Calgary, University of Chicago, and University of Manitoba
People:	David Keith, Ed Whittingham, Petra Dolata, and Vaclav Smil
Topics:	achieving net-carbon emissions by 2050, adding new energy sources to an existing source, coal mining in Germany's Ruhr region, coal-to-oil transition, deindustrialization and energy transitions, deindustrialization of Germany's Ruhr region, energy transition to net zero, energy transitions are also social and cultural transitions, fall of Berlin Wall, generational differences in expectations of future energy systems, how energy transitions impact politics, policy and government, how people respond to and are affected by energy transitions, how technology developments shape society, impact of electric lighting in Victorian period, impact on Alberta's oil and gas workers from energy transition, lack of multi-level government planning for Canada's energy transition, lessons learned from past energy transitions, Marshall Plan following Second World War, need to consult workers affected by energy transitions, need to plan early for managing an energy transition, policy-driven efforts to control pollutants, policy-driven energy transition, politics and societal aspects in energy transitions, preventing catastrophic global warming, providing security net for workforce affected by energy transition, reducing fossil fuel emissions, timeframes for past energy transitions, transition from horse-drawn wagons to gasoline-fueled vehicles, West German social plan for coal-to-oil transition, and world's fossil fuel-based energy systems

Learning lessons from past energy transitions for today’s daunting transition to net zero

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