Energy Transformation

In June 2025, I laid the groundwork for this argument on EV Curve Futurist: the energy transition is not just about replacing fuels — it is about rewriting system architecture. That piece explored how storage, scale, and learning curves were … Continued

Why cost curves, electrification, and AI are ending legacy economics A cliff, not a trend In most major economies, new solar and onshore wind are now dramatically cheaper than new coal or gas — not by a few percentage points, … Continued

We are entering a phase change in human civilization. Not an “energy transition.” Not a “green shift.” A structural rewrite of how society produces, moves, stores, computes, and feeds itself. I call it Bettrification:Electrification → Software → Automation → Intelligence … Continued

In one sentence: Bettrification is what happens when electrification turns systems into software—rewriting economics, automation, and intelligence across the entire economy. For most of the last century, electricity was something we used. We plugged into it. We switched it on. … Continued

Capital Is Rotating Back Into Reality (EV Curve Futurist) For more than a decade, I’ve argued that the global system would eventually collide with physics, energy, and materials — not narratives, not financial engineering, not central‑bank storytelling. The charts now … Continued

Staying deliberately away from geopolitics — this is about technology, markets, and physical reality. 2026 is shaping up to be the year the energy transition finally stops being a culture‑war talking point and becomes what it actually is: an industrial … Continued

Power, materials, China’s export surge, and the once-in-a-century repricing of the physical world Author’s note — EV Curve Futurist This essay is not a forecast in the conventional sense. It is a synthesis of industrial signals, capital flows, material constraints, … Continued