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May 7, 2026
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The Iran war shows why clean energy is the more secure choice | Zero: The Climate Race
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Zero: The Climate Race
Emily Grubert
(Civil Engineer and Environmental Sociologist, University of Notre Dame, guest)
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Executive Summary
The energy transition is entering a difficult "mid-transition" phase where legacy fossil fuel systems and new clean energy systems coexist, each large enough to constrain the other but too small to provide all necessary services.
This period is inherently more expensive and politically fraught due to the need to pay for and maintain duplicative infrastructure (e.g., new wind farms and legacy gas plants), which can fuel public backlash against climate policies.
Despite the challenges, the analysis argues for accelerating through this phase as quickly as possible, as the end-state of a fully decarbonized system is cheaper, more resilient, and more secure.
Geopolitical factors, such as differing climate ambitions among major emitters (US, China, India vs.
EU) and a new focus on manufacturing self-sufficiency, add significant complexity to navigating the transition.
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