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"Delivery vans in Pittsburgh. Buses in Milwaukee. Cranes loading freight at the
Port of Los Angeles. Every municipal building in Houston. All are powered by
electricity derived from the sun, wind or other sources of clean energy.
Across the country, a profound shift is taking place that is nearly invisible
to most Americans. The nation that burned coal, oil and gas for more than a
century to become the richest economy on the planet, as well as historically
the most polluting, is rapidly shifting away from fossil fuels.
A similar energy transition is already well underway in Europe and elsewhere.
But the United States is catching up, and globally, change is happening at a
pace that is surprising even the experts who track it closely.
Wind and solar power are breaking records, and renewables are now expected to
overtake coal by 2025 as the world’s largest source of electricity. Automakers
have made electric vehicles central to their business strategies and are openly
talking about an expiration date on the internal combustion engine. Heating,
cooling, cooking and some manufacturing are going electric.
As the planet registers the highest temperatures on record, rising in some
places to levels incompatible with human life, governments around the world are
pouring trillions of dollars into clean energy to cut the carbon pollution that
is broiling the planet."
Via
The Fixer August 16, 2023:
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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
