What Wartime Hubris Can Teach Us About the Global Energy Transition

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By Mitch AndersonNov 12, 2025, 3:15 pm12 pts
In 1944, German war planners apparently dismissed reports about the staggering scale of U.S. wartime production. The newly constructed Willow Run plant operated by the Ford Motor Company in Michigan eventually produced a B-24 bomber every hour, 24 hours a day. This mile-long factory consumed 16 million…

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