Dec '25 • Energy and Climate Reality
What physical or economic constraint do people consistently underestimate in this space?
Climate conversations often drift upward into policy, ambition, and targets. Reality lives lower down, in physics, infrastructure, and money.
Examples of constraints that don’t care about intent:
- Energy density and thermodynamics
- Existing infrastructure lifetimes and sunk costs
- Human behavior and operational inertia
- Capital intensity vs. payback timelines
- Reliability requirements that don’t flex for ideals
Most plans fail not because they’re wrong, but because they assume one of these constraints will quietly move out of the way.
Which one do you see misunderstood most often, and where does it actually bite?
This isn’t about being anti-anything. It’s about respecting the boundaries the system operates within.
Explain the constraint. Explain the consequence.
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What physical or economic constraint do people consistently underestimate in this space?
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