Post by soaks on Jul 17, 2008 16:46:35 GMT -4
100% carbon-free power by 2020: yes it can be done!
by Jerome a Paris
Thu Jul 17, 2008 at 02:56:47 PM EDT
Al Gore is now giving a major speech in Washington, setting out an ambitious goal for the USA to produce all of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2020. While I have not heard the speech yet, I thought I'd comment on the technical feasibility of the plan, and the underlying economics of such an endeavour.
The short answer is: while 100% is probably unrealistic, it's not unreasonable to expect to be able to get pretty close to that number (say, in the 50-90% range) in that timeframe, and it is very likely that it makes a LOT of sense economically.
For the rest of the story:
www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/17/144426/316/203/553055
The Annotated Gore Climate Speech
dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/the-annotated-gore-climate-speech/index.html?hp
by Jerome a Paris
Thu Jul 17, 2008 at 02:56:47 PM EDT
Al Gore is now giving a major speech in Washington, setting out an ambitious goal for the USA to produce all of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2020. While I have not heard the speech yet, I thought I'd comment on the technical feasibility of the plan, and the underlying economics of such an endeavour.
The short answer is: while 100% is probably unrealistic, it's not unreasonable to expect to be able to get pretty close to that number (say, in the 50-90% range) in that timeframe, and it is very likely that it makes a LOT of sense economically.
For the rest of the story:
www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/17/144426/316/203/553055
The Annotated Gore Climate Speech
dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/17/the-annotated-gore-climate-speech/index.html?hp
