In short, the smart money is headed away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy.

And progress alone, not perfection, is sufficient to trigger peak demand and the tectonic shifts that go with it. Those who wonder if these forecasts are accurate can look to the history of the greening of electricity generation in Europe and China and particularly in India where targets for are being raised as momentum gathers based on technological progress. Similarly, the rash of new entrants and accelerated development of electric cars demonstrates the depth of near-term changes now expected in passenger transportation.