https://archive.ph/kmPmo
"On New Year's Eve, 1879, Thomas Edison flipped the switch on the first
building strung up with electric light bulbs. Night turned into day, and the
revelers rang in a new age of electricity.
Edison was thinking way beyond bulbs: He planned an entire grid to carry power
from coal generators directly into homes. It took another quarter century for
electricity to reach the first 5% of US households—but that proved to be a
tipping point. By 1950, the entire country was connected. A similar pattern of
adoption—gradually, then suddenly—echoed around the world.
Today there’s a new Edison-level transformation under way. It affects how we
generate the power that flows to our electrical outlets—and what gets plugged
into those zero-emission electrons.
Bloomberg Green has identified tipping
points for 10 clean-energy technologies, from electric motorcycles to heat
pumps and rooftop solar panels. New analysis shows which countries have crossed
the threshold and how quickly those markets then expanded.
It all starts with the transition to clean energy, now approaching full speed
with 87 countries drawing at least 5% of their electricity from wind and solar.
The US hit 5% in 2011 and surged past 20% renewable electricity last year. If
the country follows the trend set by others at the leading edge, wind and solar
will account for half of US power-generating capacity just 10 years from now.
That would be years—or even decades—earlier than major forecasts."
Via
Future Crunch Oct 28, 2022:
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https://futurecrunch.com/good-news-clean-water-rewilding-spain-tipping-points-clean-energy/>
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
