‘Electric Planet’ could be achieved by 2050

All fossil fuels currently being used for energy will likely be replaced by electricity and hydrogen by 2050, according to Special Government Adviser for Low Emissions Technology Dr Alan Finkel. “If you look at our energy system today a lot of what we use is delivered in the form of electricity, but that electricity is generated from fossil fuels, natural gas and coal to a large extent,” he said. “We use fossil fuels directly in heating buildings, in creating steam for industry, and for transport of course, all the petrol we use in our cars. “By 2050 I would expect all of the fossil fuels that we use for energy today will have been replaced by electricity and hydrogen made from that electricity. “We can get to what I call the ‘Electric Planet’ where 100 per cent of our energy requirements come from clean electricity that will be reliable and most important will be inexpensive”. Dr Finkel told Sky News some fossil fuel usage will remain in 2050 for chemical inputs to industrial processes, but the emissions will be offset by “geosequestration or biosequestration." He said it is probably impossible net zero could be reached by 2030 since the international energy system is “just massive” but it is not “inconceivable” it could be achieved before 2050.

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