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Anti-electricity cartoon from 1889. No matter how good an idea comes along, there will always be somebody opposed. Today it is renewable energy, electric vehicles and heat pumps. Good news is that innovation often proves the tech doubters wrong.

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Brent Massmann

Product Supply (Chemical Engineering) Distinguished Expert and Bayer Senior Science Fellow

1mo

I contend that the ready acceptance of technological innovations has been a bigger problem than opposition and skepticism have been. The low burden of proof on the long term impact of innovations and the lack of mitigating measures has resulted in microplastics throughout the environment, ozone layer damage, acid rain, PFAS contaminating most humans, grocery store shelves full of processed foods that cause poor health, a myriad of other environmental and social problems, and of course an atmosphere with 1.5x the pre-industrial CO2 concentration. Has ICE powered personal transportation proven to be a good innovation?

James (Jim) Folcik

President at Rockies GeoResources

1mo

In 1889, the ultimate losing side focused on doomsday propaganda. Which side is focusing on doomsday propaganda (fear porn) today? Certainly not the side focused on the physics of energy density.

Allan Basso

Changing the work/life concept to "Life then Work" is very effective.

1mo

LOL you think the doubters are "tech doubters". Very funny. Nobody doubts that the tech works. We don't think it is mature enough, we don't think that the process of forcing people to use a tech that is not ready is smart or fair to those that get stuck with immature tech. Free markets should manage the rollout, NOT governments choosing winners and losers. That is the stuff of socialist societies not free markets.

Steven D. Lightfoot

Energy System Techno-Economics

1mo

'innovation often proves the tech doubters wrong' - unles the tech doubters are referencing laws of nature that cant be violated.

Christopher Harto

Using Data and Analysis to Drive a Sustainable Future

1mo

All change comes with resistance from the status quo, this time the resistance is just better funded because the status quo means hundreds of billions in profits for a select few.

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Bill Pierce

EV Influencer ⚡️ EV & Cleantech Marketing Leader ⚡️ Electric Vehicle Writer & Editor ⚡️ BillPierce.net ⚡️ EVinfo.net ⚡️ LinkedIn Marketing Expert ⚡️Member of ChargeX Consortium, Funded by Joint Office

1mo

I agree! I write against the anti-EV narrative, paid for by big oil, at EVinfo.net

Paul Hammond

Freelance Consultant

1mo

Great cartoon ! Problem for me is not new tech , but the difficulty in finding facts/truth about it - we live in a world of spin . Business needs (£) seem to dominate , a sad indicator and cause of my doubts . When electricity was introduced there was the fight between AC and DC systems and the use for execution starting 1890 didn’t help .

The key here is ‘often’ I would say sometimes. Innovation is moraly neutral, many things that have been celebrated as a technological success turned out to have negative consequences later on - https://innovationmetrics.co No doubt every source of energy production and transportation solution that is possibly replaced by the quoted tech (supported by a profitable and sustainable business model) was doubted and ‘proven’ wrong. Question: - How do you define innovation? Disclaimer: - I am all for the ‘energy transition’, I might just be wrong or missing something important.

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Paul Hart

Research & Development Leader – Oilfield and Refinery Chemicals

1mo

The cartoon not anti-electricity; it is anti-overhead power lines. These are dangerous, ugly, and unreliable. They are not a good idea. If we can bury gas lines, we can bury power lines. Needed now more than ever.

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