Jean-Baptiste Fressoz contends that the concept of a rapid energy transition is naive, as key sectors including steel, plastics, cement, aviation, and maritime shipping will remain dependent on fossil...

Jean-Baptiste Fressoz asserts that US President Jimmy Carter's speech on April 18, 1977, was the key event that led to the global popularization of the phrase 'energy transition'.

Historian Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, in his book 'More and More and More', argues that the world has never truly transitioned from one energy source to another, but has instead only added new fuel sources...

Palmer Coslett Putnam was a consultant for the US Atomic Energy Commission in the mid-20th century.

A 1953 report by Palmer Coslett Putnam for the US Atomic Energy Commission discussed climate change and the limits of CO2 in the atmosphere as a key argument in favor of nuclear energy.

Nuclear lobbyists in the 1960s envisioned the energy transition as a process that would take place over three to four centuries, not the three to four decades discussed today.

In the 20th century, Great Britain consumed more wood in the form of pit props for coal mining than the total amount of wood it had burned for fuel during the 18th century.

Despite having a largely decarbonized electricity system, Brazil's overall greenhouse gas emissions are growing due to high rates of deforestation.

The global food system, from deforestation to waste management, is responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions.

In China, 56% of electricity is generated from coal.

The term 'energy transition' originated in nuclear physics, where it describes the shift of an electron around its nucleus.

Net-zero climate scenarios rely on approximately 10 gigatons of negative emissions, which accounts for about 25% of the total mitigation effort.

Approximately half of the world's electric cars are located in China.

Environmentalist Amory Lovins, a member of Friends of the Earth, argued in the 1970s that the United States could complete an energy transition away from fossil fuels to renewable sources in less than...

The problem of rising carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere began to be discussed in US political arenas, including the US Senate, in the late 1970s.

Jean-Baptiste Fressoz argues that the historical transition from coal to oil is a misconception because the production of oil-powered automobiles required large amounts of steel made with coal.

Electricity production accounts for approximately 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

According to Jean-Baptiste Fressoz, the head of the IPCC's Working Group III was an open climate skeptic when the organization was founded in 1988.

The 1953 report by Palmer Coslett Putnam included a graph illustrating the projected rise of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, linking it to the greenhouse effect from burning fossil fuels.

Standard net-zero climate scenarios do not model a decrease in the GDP of wealthy nations.