The Big Misconception About Clean Energy
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The Big Misconception About Clean Energy
But the big picture question of how we orient ourselves is important. We shouldn’t be looking at our current energy usage and asking, “How can we get this much energy, but cleaner?” We should be looking at a 45-year energy diet and asking, “How can we use clean energy technology to shatter this barrier and open up incredible new vistas?”
Matthew Yglesias • The case for more energy
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Instead, we should raise our clean energy production ambitions. We don’t want to replace 100% of our current dirty energy — we want to generate vastly more energy than we are currently using and make it zero carbon.
Matthew Yglesias • The case for more energy
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In the “energy is a necessary evil” frame, we look at our current electricity needs and then ask, “How can we generate all that from zero-carbon sources?” In the alternate framing, you say that to the extent we can develop affordable, zero-carbon sources of electricity, we want to generate tons and tons of electricity. Ideally, we would want to rep... See more
Matthew Yglesias • The case for more energy
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Lest we risk being misunderstood, we should be absolutely clear upfront that energy consumption is synonymous with human flourishing, probably more so than any other single economic indicator.
Sacha Meyers • Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
Using less. I used to scoff at the notion that using power more efficiently would make a dent in climate change. My rationale: If you have limited resources to reduce emissions (and we do), then you’d get the biggest impact by moving to zero emissions…
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Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Though energy may never be “too cheap to meter,” Vernon and Dourado explain that higher energy consumption directly increases economic growth. Achieving energy superabundance would radically improve the US economy as well as the quality of life for all Americans. They show us a vision of the future that includes flying cars, hyperloop, sub-orbital ... See more
Austin Vernon • Energy Superabundance: How Cheap, Abundant Energy Will Shape Our Future - The CGO
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What does having a lot more energy let us do? For starters we can avoid the worst of the climate crisis by aggressively shifting to electrification of transportation, heating and cooling, production and so forth. We can also deal with water shortages through desalination. We can produce food in climate controlled environments. And we can fortify an... See more
Albert Wenger • The Low Energy Trap
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