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swapping explosions for electrons, one motor at a time.

means The process of converting something—a device, vehicle, system, or whole region—to run on electric power instead of other energy sources, or of bringing electric power to a place for the first time.

from Built straightforwardly from 'electric' plus the suffix '-fication' (from Latin 'facere,' to make), it's a word that only made sense once there was a grid to plug into — coined as the technology itself spread, first describing rural areas and railways getting wired for power, and later stretched to cover engines and economies shedding fossil fuel for the plug.

efficiency gap
electric motors convert 85-90% of energy to motion, engines waste two-thirds as heat
grid shift
demand moves from gas stations to power plants, not away from fossil fuels entirely
older than oil
electric cars outsold gas ones in 1900 before Ford ruined it
hidden cost
mining lithium and copper now rivals drilling for environmental headaches
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