Posted by u/Abhinav_108
Energy abundance might change politics more than technology!!
If clean energy really does get cheap and everywhere the impact probably goes far beyond climate goals. For a long time, global politics has been shaped by who controls fuel. Shipping routes, pipelines, choke points. That logic starts to weaken when energy is generated locally and moved through grids instead of tankers. What replaces it is a different kind of competition. Grid reliability. Storage. Materials. Who can keep complex systems running smoothly at scale. It feels like the future might be less about owning resources underground and more about managing infrastructure above ground. And that kind of power tends to be quieter, but no less important.
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