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As Saul Griffith explains at Rewiring America (https://www.rewiringamerica.org/ https://www.rewiringamerica.org/), massively switching to all existing electric
by Glench 6y ago
As Saul Griffith explains at Rewiring America (https://www.rewiringamerica.org/ https://www.rewiringamerica.org/), massively switching to all existing electric technology (cars, stoves, heat pumps, electric hot water heaters, rooftop and community solar panels, etc) and powering them by clean electricity will:
- decarbonize 80% of US energy by as soon as 2035
- create up to 25 million new jobs
- save the average household $1000-$2000 every year
- massively reduce pollution-related health effects
All without downgrading the size of our homes and vehicles (which probably should be done anyway though). Electrification is the way to go if we want to stay under 2 degrees of warming.
- JPKab 6y agoSaul needs to spend a little less time on these projections, and a little more time on Makani Power, because it's not looking good. (I'm a big fan of the concept of airborned wind turbines FYA). I'm an open-minded person, and I've installed solar and micro-hydro residential systems in the past. I'm a fan of these technologies and a carbon-free future, but I'm also highly skeptical of intelligent humans who make bold, risky predictions about massive systems and how they'd react to changes. Historically, it's gone rather poorly most of the time.