THE current perspective on the "energy transition" is based on a broad definition as "the shift from fossil fuel-based sources of energy to renewable sources." The word "energy" in this case means strictly "electricity," since other forms of energy usage for transportation and manufacturing are a more complex challenge, the only solution that can be conceived at this point is to electrify them as well.
Renewable energy (RE) sources, just so we are clear about what we are discussing, include solar energy in its various iterations, wind power, hydroelectric power, biomass and waste-to-energy — provided the emissions from those things can be made non-polluting — maybe nuclear energy, although there are still a great many economic and technical challenges that make it unworkable at the moment and perhaps not workable ever, and various forms of energy storage to supplement intermittent solar and wind sources.
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