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1) EVs are 4 - 5X efficient

2) Heatpumps are 4 - 5X efficient

3) Induction stoves are 4 - 5X efficient (vs gas stoves)

Transportation, heating and cooling, cooking are all 4 - 5X efficient.

Centralized power generation with fossil fuels loses ~75% (67% wasted up front, remaining in transmission and distribution).

There are many many other losses and costs: defense budget to protect oil infra, fossil fuel subsidies, ethanol subsidies, trillions of gallons of water, externalized health costs (10M deaths from air pollution/year -- nytimes). Fossil Fuels Are Half the fossil fuels of shipping: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48619394

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