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Electrify : an optimist's playbook for our clean energy future  Cover Image Book Book

Electrify : an optimist's playbook for our clean energy future

Griffith, Saul (author.).

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"--

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  • ISBN: 0262046237
  • ISBN: 9780262046237
  • Physical Description: xiii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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  • Publisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: 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 -- Down the rabbit hole : look for yourself.
Subject: Electrification -- Environmental aspects -- United States
Electrification -- Economic aspects -- United States
Electric power production -- Environmental aspects -- United States
Electric power production -- Economic aspects -- United States
Energy development -- United States
Energy policy -- United States
Clean energy -- United States
Renewable energy sources -- United States
Climate change mitigation -- United States

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

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Lansdowne Library TD 195 E4 G735 2021 (Text) 26040003409097 Main Collection Volume hold Available -

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