The average distance an electron travels between where it is generated and where it is consumed is going to fall radically.

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• Rich countries will soon consume less, willingly or not, because present rates are unsustainable. JDJared Diamond2 Jan 2008
• Batteries will replace transmission as the cheapest way to keep the lights on, and the grid will shrink rather than grow. CHCasey Handmer11 Oct 2023
• Oil demand will fall mainly because petrol cars get driven less, not because they are replaced by electric ones. AVAustin Vernonby 22 Mar 2022
• Fission will make energy a thousand times cheaper than it is today; the only open question is whether that takes decades or centuries. ITIsaiah Taylor15 Aug 2026
• The less is invested in a system, the more rubbish gets generated into it, piling up like a landfill over the next couple of years. LOLuis Ouriach10 Mar 2026

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