Electric Dreams

This week, we go to China. I spoke with David Fishman, senior
manager at The Lantau Group, on the motivations and strategy
behind China’s world-leading electrification efforts. What seems
like a climate-action utopia to Western analysts appears to be a
pragmatic response to pollution and energy security concerns.
China's vulnerability to maritime oil blockades has spurred
aggressive electrification across transport, industry, and urban
infrastructure; and its state capitalist model has enabled a pace
and scale of investment in nuclear power, electrified transport,
and renewable energy that makes Western efforts to achieve an
energy transformation look piecemeal.


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