What Downton Abbey Can Teach Us About the Future of Energy
Aha, an actual plug for energy issues in a popular tv show!
As in the time Downton Abbey, when humans had to deal with technology and innovation they couldn’t quite comprehend at first, we may be in the midst of a similar sea change now. “Right now we’re in an energy transition from a fossil fuel based economy to a renewable economy,” Duncan says. “These kinds of transitions take decades, if not centuries to occur.” He points to the fact that even though fossil fuels were much better than wood, it still took a century for them to become dominant. “And the same thing is going to happen with renewables,” he says. “We’re still going to be depending on fossil fuels whether we like it or not, or whether it’s best of not, for decades into the future.”
The second season finale of Downton Abbey premieres Sunday night on PBS. Word is that electricity plays a big part in one of the episode’s key scenes.
