135: Energy without the Noise, future trends

Published June 3, 2025 · 1 min read · #energy

Noting and recording what someone (corporate, non philosophical stuff really), said about energy at a talk I attended in Mid April 2025

Principles in the Future of Energy

The elegance and simplicity in taking a long-term principled view based on several fundamentals:

  1. Energy consumption will rise, significantly.
  2. Developing countries will demand more energy, as they develop
  3. Every industrial revoluton (currently AI), often drives a step-change in energy consumption.

New trends to look out for:

  1. Non-conventional Fusion
  2. Quantm Computing

The natural conclusion:

  • Greater efficiency in existing areas
  • Managing energy deployment to the right place and the right time
  • More, sustainable energy will continue to be needed

A useful fundamental base to cut through the noise.

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