
← The Polycrisis12 May · 28 min
03 | Demand Destruction | Fossil chaos and electric acceleration
03 | Demand Destruction | Fossil chaos and electric acceleration
Why exactly is this 2026 energy shock so different from the 1970s & 2022 shocks? Kate and Tim discuss our current energy security landscape, and outline some of the arguments made in their recent Polycrisis essay, just published with Phenomenal World. They also look at whether it matters that financial markets are becoming re-enthused about renewable energy. Hosted by energy and climate finance expert Kate Mackenzie, and Tim Sahay from the Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab at Johns Hopkins U...