"The five Superheroes of the Transition – the megatrends that will help get the world to net zero: Exponential growth [of clean energy], system solutions, great power competition, disappearing demand and the primary energy fallacy.
There is in fact a sixth Superhero, or rather a superpower that lies within all of us. I believe society has reached a tipping point beyond which it is unthinkable not to deal with climate change, pollution and environmental degradation."
"The fifth and final Superhero is an absolute zinger: The entire decarbonization challenge is far smaller than is made out by its critics. The reason lies in the nature of Primary Energy Demand, the metric that dominates public debate about the transition."
Here is the Sankey diagram Liebreich mentions: the large light-grey box on the right is the energy WASTED in burning fossil fuels. Renewable energy doesn't have to replace THAT!
@CelloMomOnCars also under-appreciated: although large-scale batteries and storage are very important for allowing variable renewables to cover demand, they can also help reduce this waste