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Simon Michaux

known mineral reserves are insufficient for one generation of renewable substitution. energy transitions take generations due to infrastructural inertia, capital stock turnover, and end-use lock-in2.

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known mineral reserves are insufficient for one generation of renewable substitution

energy transitions take generations due to infrastructural inertia, capital stock turnover, and end-use lock-in

The Net-Zero / Carbon-Credit / Climate-Finance Architecture:
“Smil's argument — that energy transitions take generations due to infrastructural inertia, capital stock turnover, and end-use lock-in — is robustly empirical”
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These are things people say about Simon Michaux that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.

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"known mineral reserves are insufficient for one generation of renewable substitution"
Asserted by Simon Michaux · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
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Disputed
"Michaux's storage calculations are erroneous"
Asserted by Auke Hoekstra · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
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"Michaux's analysis is substantively rebutted"
Asserted by Nafeez Ahmed · stance: critical
The evidence on file mostly runs against this claim.
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