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

Author

Saul Griffith

Call Number

• 333.7932 G854 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2021]

Physical Description

xiii, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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"--

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.