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#7: Water Powered Batteries
I hope I’ve convinced you that some form of energy storage is required. Before we dig deeper into exactly how to store this energy, let’s first…
Nov 6, 2021
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March 2021
#6: The Intermittency Problem with Renewables
We’ve done a lot of work to reduce our carbon emissions, let’s take a step back to see how far we’ve come. This is the 2019 US energy system: And this…
Mar 20, 2021
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#5: Scaling Solar Power
The price of solar power, unlike wind, has dropped significantly in the past decade and can now be as low as 6 cents / kWh of electricity, about half…
Mar 20, 2021
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#4: Transportation for a Sustainable Future
“Get an electric car” is common advice for people who want to reduce their carbon footprint. If the whole country does this, let’s see how far that gets…
Mar 13, 2021
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#3: Scaling Onshore Wind Farms
Replacing coal-fire plants with wind
Mar 11, 2021
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#2: The Magical Kilowatt-Hour
A quick summary of where we left off last time: To reduce greenhouse gas emissions we need to first focus on our energy system, which contributes over…
Mar 8, 2021
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#1: From First Principles
Laying out a plan for climate change where the numbers actually add up.
Mar 7, 2021
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