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> Electrifying everything is not going to help at all if we are still burning fossil fuels to make the eletricity. If you read more about Rewiring America, th
by Glench 3y ago
> Electrifying everything is not going to help at all if we are still burning fossil fuels to make the eletricity.
If you read more about Rewiring America, they're focused less on the supply side (which most of us can't really do anything about) and more on the demand side which many of us can do something about.
My understanding is that this is strategic because no one else was really focusing on it. In some ways it's easier to replace 1 million big gas-fired power plants with solar and wind (especially given the current economics and trends) than it is to replace 1 billion small consumer machines. Both need to happen, but helping 300 million people heat their homes without emissions in the next 30 years is a hell of a challenge and needs specific focus.