Even if you’ve never heard of “Electrify Everything,” you’re already part of it.
You conduct more of your life through your phone, computer, and tablet — all powered by electricity. You may not have an EV, but the time is fast approaching when buying a gasoline car instead of an EV won’t make sense. Cordless drills, battery-powered chainsaws, e-bikes, that air fryer you didn’t think you’d use — all have been empowered by a steady groundswell of electrification.
Bit by bit, fossil fuels are retreating from our daily lives. This isn’t happening via some grand revolution — it’s happening because electricity is simply winning by being cleaner, cheaper, and smarter.
Electric heat pump vs furnace: 4x more efficient
The heaters in our homes have an “efficiency” rating, generally between 0 and 100%. The most efficient oil furnace on the market approaches 90%. The most efficient propane furnace achieves a staggering 98%.
That sounds impressive. But then you notice heat pumps with efficiencies over 400%.
This doesn’t defy the laws of physics, because heat pumps don’t generate heat — they just move it from one place to another. It’s kind of like transferring money between your bank accounts instead of printing it. A furnace has to make the money. A heat pump just relocates it.
Electric car vs. gas car: 4-5x more efficient
Next time you pump gasoline into your car, remember: only 1 out of 5 gallons you pump is actually propelling your car down the road. The rest is wasted.
At 16 to 25% efficient, internal combustion engines are absolutely incredible at turning expensive gasoline into waste heat and exhaust fumes. Electric vehicles, on the other hand, convert 80 to 90% of their energy into propulsion. The kicker is that driving an EV is still better for the environment than a gas car even if it's running on an inefficient grid powered by coal — the difference is that stark.
For the range-anxious among you, consider that the average range of an EV has tripled in just ten years — and there are EVs on the road now getting over 600 miles on a charge. All for a car that’s faster, safer, requires almost no maintenance, and doesn’t kill you if you leave it on in your garage.
Induction cooking vs gas: 2x more efficient
Induction cooktops are becoming increasingly popular not just among the climate conscious, but among those who value their time, safety, and disposable income. Plus...it's what professional French culinary schools like Le Cordon Bleu Paris use, so who can argue with that?
The blue flame that blossoms from your gas burners heats the pan above, but more than half of that heat escapes into the surrounding air and into the cooktop. With an induction stove, 90% of the energy goes into the pot or pan. That means better air quality, faster boiling, and less sweating while you cook up a storm.
You probably didn’t notice that your electricity is different
A final note: you probably didn’t notice that the electricity flowing out of your wall sockets is increasingly generated by renewables.
Today’s renewable energy is the most expensive it will ever be, and it’s still the cheapest form of electricity in history — even with battery storage.
That’s because renewables require no feedstock. You don’t need to mine coal or frack for natural gas when you’ve got unlimited sun, wind, and geothermal heat flowing. Batteries, which used to rely on conflict- and misery-ridden minerals like cobalt, are now made from readily available (and inflammable) lithium-iron-phosphate.
To be clear, the profit-driven nature of utilities means that renewable energy on the grid does not necessarily decrease everyone’s electric bills. Utility companies operate under warped incentives. They rarely upgrade transformers or substations unless forced to — because they only earn profits when they build something new and expensive.
With increasing electrification and intermittent electricity from renewables, the pressure is finally mounting to bring the grid into the 21st century, but many utilities are fighting tooth and nail. Instead, they typically argue in favor of building new, more expensive fossil fuel plants so they can earn a 10% rate of return on the investment. I’ll let you guess where that money comes from (for a clue, look in the closest mirror).
And even if the cost of electricity goes down for them, whether they pass those savings along to you is questionable.
The answer: electrify your life and generate your own electricity
The way we buy and consume energy has a disproportionate impact on the way we live.
If you heat, drive, and cook with fossil fuels, you’ll never have the opportunity to produce your own fuel. You will always be at the mercy of geopolitics and the petroleum industry.
With electricity, you can escape that system entirely. If you heat, drive, and cook with electricity, you can be your own power plant — solar is more affordable and versatile than ever. Solar carports like the Kingdom Sunport are more than enough to power everything you do, while also looking great and being multi-use.