Recently, our Craig Morris did a three-part book review of the original “Energiewende: growth and prosperity without petroleum and uranium” from 1980. He then spoke with one of the authors, Florentin Krause, who had a few bones to pick with Craig’s reading – and with the current implementation of the concept in Germany. Mr Krause, the term that you and your colleagues coined more than 30 years ago – Energiewende – has become the centerpiece of German energy policy. What do you think about the energy transition today, and did you ever imagine the movement would be so successful? The shift in German energy policy toward our scenarios is encouraging, but it comes at a high price: without the disaster at Fukushima the German nuclear phaseout might’ve been delayed and drawn out further for quite some time. However, Germany is fortunate in that the grassroots environmental movement of the 1970s and 80s was able to articulate itself in the electoral system in the form of the Green party. Our work appeared at the right time … Continue reading “Efficiency lacks a loud lobby”: An interview with Florentin Krause