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Electrify : an optimist's playbook for our clean energy future / Saul Griffith.

MIT Press Direct 2021 Collection Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Griffith, Saul, author.
Series:
The MIT Press
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Electrification--Environmental aspects--United States.
Electrification.
Electrification--Economic aspects--United States.
Electric power production--Environmental aspects--United States.
Electric power production.
Electric power production--Economic aspects--United States.
Energy development--United States.
Energy development.
Energy policy--United States.
Energy policy.
Clean energy--United States.
Clean energy.
Renewable energy sources--United States.
Renewable energy sources.
Climate change mitigation--United States.
Climate change mitigation.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (241 pages)
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]
Summary:
"Saul Griffith lays out an accessible, rigorously-researched plan to decarbonize the U.S. economy in time to address climate change. His plan, in short, is to "electrify everything." Griffith uses his deep understanding of U.S. energy flows, materials, and clean energy technologies to show that decarbonizing in time to meet climate goals is not only possible, but can be done without major sacrifices in our lifestyles, creating more jobs and a cleaner, healthier environment. Unlike many books in the climate space, Griffith's Electrify is optimistic, drawing on historical precedents to show that we are up for meeting the challenge of global warming-if we act decisively, and fast"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
A glimmer of hope
We have less time than you think
Emergencies are opportunities for lasting change
How do we know what we know?
2020s thinking
Electrify!
Where will we get all that electricity?
24/7/365
Redefining infrastructure
Too cheap to meter
Bringing it all home
A mortgage is a time machine
Paying for the past
Rewrite the rules!
Jobs, jobs, jobs
Mobilizing for World War Zero
Climate change isn't everything
Yes, and ...
What can you do to make a difference?
Down the rabbit hole : climate science 101
Down the rabbit hole : how to read a Sankey flow chart.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
0-262-36728-9
0-262-36727-0
OCLC:
1255633062

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