Labor Shortages Are Holding Back Desperately Needed Electrification
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Western economies need to electrify and fast, but where are all the skilled workers going to come from to install the heat pumps, solar panels and batteries needed? This week on the Zero podcast, Akshat Rathi talks with Olivia Rudgard about the shortage of labor in electrification industries, and why some experts are calling it an 'existential' crisis.
This is the second episode in Bottlenecks, a new series exploring the lesser known obstacles standing in the way of our electrified future.
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