Both True: The Myth Revealed by The Moment

How to understand without overcorrecting

The Moment exists only because The Myth came first—the Myth of an Easy Energy Transition. Put forward by well-intentioned optimists, the Myth sold half the country on the idea that (a) emissions would drop quickly, driven by policy and the resulting technological breakthroughs, and therefore (b) there would be a relatively painless and eminently afforda…