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> All-electric building systems What? Are there current control towers that run on something besides electricity from the grid? What is this actually talking a

• toomuchtodo 4y ago
  Natural gas heat. It’s keeping in line with administration policy on climate change, electrification, etc. Building energy use is a substantial component of national energy consumption. Proper insulation and high performance building standards means heat pumps should be sufficient (and can run off diesel generators air traffic control infra would run on in a power outage regardless, as it’s critical infrastructure). Cost savings are there too, the grid gets cleaner and cheaper over time as renewables penetration hockey stick growth curve. Furnaces and boilers burn gas their entire lifetime. https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/commodities/energy https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/commodities/energy https://www.c2es.org/document/decarbonizing-u-s-buildings/ https://www.c2es.org/document/decarbonizing-u-s-buildings/
  • nunuvit 4y ago
    What are penetration hockey sticks?
    • toomuchtodo 4y ago
      Reference to growth rate curve. Shape of hockey stick. Up we go. https://www.iea.org/news/renewable-electricity-growth-is-accelerating-faster-than-ever-worldwide-supporting-the-emergence-of-the-new-global-energy-economy https://www.iea.org/news/renewable-electricity-growth-is-acc... https://zenmo.com/en/photovoltaic-growth-reality-versus-projections-of-the-international-energy-agency-with-2018-update-2/ https://zenmo.com/en/photovoltaic-growth-reality-versus-proj... https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/05/16/a-fate-realized-1-tw-of-solar-to-be-deployed-annually-by-2030/ https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2022/05/16/a-fate-realized-1-tw-...
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    • Accujack 4y ago
      The best kind of hockey sticks.