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An Optimist’s Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future

MIT Press, 2021 mais...


Editorial Rating

9

Qualities

  • Applicable
  • Bold
  • Visionary

Recommendation

You may feel hopeless in the face of ever more dire predictions about the effects of rising global temperatures and catastrophic climate change. At the same time, many people fear that aiming for a carbon-free future means unpleasant changes in lifestyle. Engineer, entrepreneur and innovator Saul Griffith lays out a realistic – albeit ambitious – plan for a zero-carbon future that doesn’t require radical lifestyle changes, yet reduces living costs, creates a more cooperative society and protects the beautiful Earth.

Take-Aways

  • Only immediate radical changes can avert a climate catastrophe.
  • Implementing the changes required might seem impossible – but history proves it can be done.
  • Replacing fossil fuel energy with electricity means rethinking the entire system of energy supply and demand.

About the Author

Inventor, entrepreneur and engineer Saul Griffith founded Rewiring America and Otherlab.