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Anatoly Chubais compared the energy transition with the information revolution of the 20th century
The ex-head of Rusnano compared the energy transition to the information revolution of the 20th century. A country that does not complete it will look like a country without the Internet would look like now, he said.
Anatoly Chubais
(Photo: Andrey Lyubimov / RBC)
A country that rejects a new industrial revolution in 20 years will look something like what a country would look like today without the Internet. This opinion was expressed on his Facebook page by the special representative of the President of Russia for relations with international organizations on sustainable development Anatoly Chubais.
Discussing the book by Bill Gates “How to avoid a climate catastrophe”, Chubais said that “the unfolding industrial revolution, which is called” Energy Transition “, is comparable in recent history, perhaps only with the information revolution that we have experienced.” According to him, he has long been interested in the opinion of Gates, who was the “key founding father” of this revolution.
At the end of December, Chubais called the definition of the goals of the energy transition as the most important achievement of Russia in 2021. “We did not have a goal-setting in the energy transition until 2021, today we have it in an absolutely recognized international format, and this is one of the most important achievements of the outgoing year,” he said in an interview with TASS. Chubais noted at the same time a statement by President Vladimir Putin, who announced plans for Russia to reach carbon neutrality by 2060.
Chubais named one of the key achievements of Russia in 2021
The ex-head of Rusnano compared this achievement with the situation in 1991-1992, when a fundamental decision was made to start building a market economy.
Earlier, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Andrei Belousov estimated the cost of the global energy transition for the country at about 90 trillion rubles. Provided that it takes 28 years, Russia will spend about 3.2 trillion rubles on it. annually or less than 3% of GDP.
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