Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
ENERGY, SOLAR, WIND, ELECTRICITY, SOLAR POWER, RENEWABLE ENERGY, TOP 5 KEYWORD SEARCHES
 Energy Efficiency | + |  Renewable Generation | + |  Unified National Smart Grid | = |  100% Clean Electricity | and |  Clean Plug-in Cars |
The Plan: Repower America
America faces unprecedented economic, environmental and national security challenges. We urgently need new jobs, stable energy prices, and freedom from dirty fossil fuels and global warming pollution.Finally, there’s a solution as big as our problems: a bold plan to Repower America with 100% clean electricity within 10 years.
First described in a speech in July by Al Gore, Repower America means new industries with high-paying jobs. It means lower energy costs. It means replacing coal and foreign oil with clean domestic sources. It is a vital step toward protecting the environment and solving the climate crisis.
How do we do it?
Immediately commence a clean energy plan that includes efficiency, generation, transmission, and transportation.- Energy Efficiency: A national upgrade to eliminate waste, save money, and improve comfort. Make every bit of energy we produce work harder for us.
- Renewable Generation: Accelerate the ramp-up of clean, renewable electricity sources through policies that support increased private and public investment in technologies that work, like wind, solar, and geothermal.
- Unified National Smart Grid: Modernize transmission infrastructure so that clean electricity generated anywhere in America can power homes and businesses across the nation; Build national electricity 'interstates' that move power quickly and cheaply to where it is needed; Establish local smart grids that buy and sell power from households and support clean plug-in cars.
- Automobiles: Transition to efficient plug-in cars that 'fuel' with clean electricity. In combination with the unified grid, a nationwide fleet of plug-in vehicles also provides a key source of electricity storage.
The Analysis
What does it mean that all electricity generation within 10 years will be met only by zero-carbon sources of power? The We Campaign, with assistance and advice from dozens of energy experts, assessed the potential for meeting electricity demand from a combination of well-understood sources. See the analysis here.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Like it? Why Not Share It?
