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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Historian, French National Center for Scientific Research · Person
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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...
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
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'.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
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...
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Akshat Rathi
Jun 18
Palmer Coslett Putnam was a consultant for the US Atomic Energy Commission in the mid-20th century.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
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.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
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.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
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.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
Despite having a largely decarbonized electricity system, Brazil's overall greenhouse gas emissions are growing due to high rates of deforestation.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
The global food system, from deforestation to waste management, is responsible for one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
In China, 56% of electricity is generated from coal.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
The term 'energy transition' originated in nuclear physics, where it describes the shift of an electron around its nucleus.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
Net-zero climate scenarios rely on approximately 10 gigatons of negative emissions, which accounts for about 25% of the total mitigation effort.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
Approximately half of the world's electric cars are located in China.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
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...
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
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.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
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.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
Electricity production accounts for approximately 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
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.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
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.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
Standard net-zero climate scenarios do not model a decrease in the GDP of wealthy nations.
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Jean-Baptiste Fressoz
Jun 18
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