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This is from Saul Griffith of Otherlab (https://www.otherlab.com/ https://www.otherlab.com/) who has detailed his comprehensive plan to decarbonize the US econo
by Glench 6y ago
This is from Saul Griffith of Otherlab (https://www.otherlab.com/ https://www.otherlab.com/) who has detailed his comprehensive plan to decarbonize the US economy in several different reports but most recently the Rewiring America handbook: https://www.rewiringamerica.org/handbook https://www.rewiringamerica.org/handbook
The bottom line is that by electrifying everything (transportation, HVAC, etc) at rates as fast as possible, we reduce total energy usage by 40-50% due to inherent efficiencies in electric. We also switch over all electric generation to solar and wind deployed massively and before the typical replacement cycle of fossil fuel infrastructure.