Radical energy abundance by 2042(yes, with complete stop of CO2 emissions). Post in Casey Handmer’s blog.

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[Solar is getting cheaper. Fast!](https://preview.redd.it/m8zvij3vkclc1.jpg?width=1023&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d42f3da222e9218b22ee7af291c8d3f50fe15f60)

So after reading the article linked in [https://www.reddit.com/r/energy/comments/1b24vbh/unsustainable\_goose\_chases/](https://www.reddit.com/r/energy/comments/1b24vbh/unsustainable_goose_chases/) I figured that it’s time to counter the massive ~~cess~~pool of energy-related doomerism, degrowthism, elitism and downright eugenical nihilism that is rampant on this sub.

Please read [https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2023/10/11/radical-energy-abundance/](https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2023/10/11/radical-energy-abundance/) An amazing article on the way we will why capitalism will be the thing that saves us from the energy and climate troubles that were started by that exact capitalism.

**TLDR:**

1. Solar is getting so cheap, that within this very decade it will be cheaper than energy in dino juice pumped from the ground.
2. This will make it economical to make burnable fuel from air CO2 to supply legacy ICE engines. Any hydrocarbon can be made this way via Fischer-Tropsch process.
3. This can be rapidly scaled up to replace virtually all oil and natgas(author gives 19 years timescale), while our economy slowly being electrified.
4. He touches the problem of mineral supply for making PV panels – non-open-pit ultra deep and automated mining that becomes easy with energy abundance.
5. Energy availability will drive economic growth across the globe with speeds unseen since the 60s, yet achieved everywhere, with real global poverty reduction.

I’d definitely read the whole thing, TLDR is way too short to make an impression.

Also here is a list of his best resources on the topic: [https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2023/10/19/future-of-energy-reading-list/](https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2023/10/19/future-of-energy-reading-list/)

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