Globally, fossil energy use per capita plateaued in the 1970s; electricity use has kept rising(considering only final energy demand). Widespread growth of electrification across different sectors

source: [https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/the-long-march-of-electrification/](https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/the-long-march-of-electrification/)

14 years ago, Nissan made an add that is mindblowingly intuitive to this day: **how would the world look if everything was powered directly by gas engines, instead of being electric?**

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn__9hLJKAk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn__9hLJKAk)

electrification is not the exception, electrification is the rule because electrons are “obedient”: can do any activity we want them to do, with little inefficiency

electric engines vs ICE engines

but also

* early incandescent lightbulbs vs gas lamps
* heat pumps vs gas heating
* electric arc steel vs blast furnace steel
* lasers vs direct gas flame
* microwaves vs gas heating
* induction cookstoves vs gas stoves

and many others

history of energy transition shows that whenever the underlying technology becomes cheap and effective enough in Capex costs, electric technologies take over