Historical lessons of getting rid of fossil fuels
Reaching the 1.5°C climate target requires a drastic decline in the use of fossil fuels, especially coal in Asia and OECD. Has such decline ever happed in the past? At the first glance, the answer is ‘no’. Globally, new energy and technologies have always been added on top of the old ones (so that past ‘energy transitions’ are sometimes humorously called ‘energy additions’!) But a new research co-
https://www.iiiee.lu.se/article/historical-lessons-getting-rid-fossil-fuels - 2025-11-15
