https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/electrify
"Climate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something
now—but
what? Saul Griffith has a plan. In
Electrify, Griffith lays out a detailed
blueprint—optimistic but feasible—for fighting climate change while creating
millions of new jobs and a healthier environment. Griffith's plan can be summed
up simply: electrify everything. He explains exactly what it would take to
transform our infrastructure, update our grid, and adapt our households to make
this possible. Billionaires may contemplate escaping our worn-out planet on a
private rocket ship to Mars, but the rest of us, Griffith says, will stay and
fight for the future.
Griffith, an engineer and inventor, calls for grid neutrality, ensuring that
households, businesses, and utilities operate as equals; we will have to
rewrite regulations that were created for a fossil-fueled world, mobilize
industry as we did in World War II, and offer low-interest “climate loans.”
Griffith's plan doesn't rely on big, not-yet-invented innovations, but on
thousands of little inventions and cost reductions. We can still have our cars
and our houses—but the cars will be electric and solar panels will cover our
roofs. For a world trying to bounce back from a pandemic and economic crisis,
there is no other project that would create as many jobs—up to 25 million,
according to one economic analysis. Is this politically possible? We can change
politics along with everything else."
Via Kevin Kelly at
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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