the.com/electrification
swapping explosions for electrons, one motor at a time.
means The process of converting something—a device, vehicle, system, or whole region—to run on electric power instead of other energy sources, or of bringing electric power to a place for the first time.
from Built straightforwardly from 'electric' plus the suffix '-fication' (from Latin 'facere,' to make), it's a word that only made sense once there was a grid to plug into — coined as the technology itself spread, first describing rural areas and railways getting wired for power, and later stretched to cover engines and economies shedding fossil fuel for the plug.
- efficiency gap
- electric motors convert 85-90% of energy to motion, engines waste two-thirds as heat
- grid shift
- demand moves from gas stations to power plants, not away from fossil fuels entirely
- older than oil
- electric cars outsold gas ones in 1900 before Ford ruined it
- hidden cost
- mining lithium and copper now rivals drilling for environmental headaches