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Carbon Risk

The 'sailing ship' effect and the energy transition

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Peter Sainsbury
Mar 14, 2023
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The ‘sailing ship’ effect – also known as the ‘last gasp effect of obsolescent technologies’ - occurs where competition from new technologies stimulates improvements …

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