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Liebreich: Beyond Three Thirds, The Road to Deep Decarbonization

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Wind, solar and battery costs will continue to fall faster than any mainstream energy forecasters expect, and there is nothing that makes me think President Trump will succeed in his attempts to revive coal.
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Sustainable energy: 20 years in three questions

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E4tech's David Hart argues that nothing shows the sustainability sector's evolution better than shift in questions asked about it
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Turbine Breaks World Record for Wind Power Generated in Just One Day

Turbine Breaks World Record for Wind Power Generated in Just One Day | Thinking about Systems | Scoop.it
A 722-foot tall, 9-megawatt wind turbine operating at an offshore testing site near Østerild, Denmark has set a new world record for wind electricity generation. The V164 turbine, built by Danish energy company MHI Vestas, produced 216,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity in just 24 hours, enough to power 240 U.S. homes for a month.
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Clean energy a good deal for tribe, state

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Energy is a systemic issue. Systems thinking presumes that everything in the world is interconnected, interdependent and interactive. In short, the world is a composite of a multitude of organized system networks. Thus, intentional action of one system would have repercussions on other systems related to it. For example, shifting from toxic fuels to clean energy for electricity generation would help in saving billions of dollars currently dissipated on health care.

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Elon Musk just unveiled his 'master plan' to rapidly create a solar-electric Earth

Elon Musk just unveiled his 'master plan' to rapidly create a solar-electric Earth | Thinking about Systems | Scoop.it
Ten years ago, Elon Musk revealed his first master plan with Tesla Motors. It was to design, construct and sell three models of car; this plan coming to fruition in 2016. Now he has set his sights even higher.
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Webinar: The Struggle for a More Democratized Energy System

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Replacing the current corporate fossil-fuel energy system with one putting racial and economic justice at the forefront of the green transition.
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Unscaling Energy

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Solving climate change is the biggest opportunity for entrepreneurs in our generation. In fact, the planet’s best hope lies in unleashing startups to..
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future of transportation and energy

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Glen Hiemstra, futurist.com, keynotes Landmark Innovation Forum on future of transportation and energy
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Tesla Model S & Nissan LEAF Clocked As World’s Best-Selling Electric Cars In 2016

Tesla Model S & Nissan LEAF Clocked As World’s Best-Selling Electric Cars In 2016 | Thinking about Systems | Scoop.it
The Tesla Model S & Nissan LEAF clocked in as the best selling electric cars in the world according to the 2016 EV Volumes global electric car sales report.
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Why can't we quit fossil fuels?

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Despite the clean technology of the past decade, we continue to extract and burn fossil fuels more than ever before
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Tesla Flips the Switch on the Gigafactory

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Musk meets a deadline: Battery-cell production begins at what will soon be the world’s biggest factory—with thousands of additional jobs.
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Academic: resilience needed with coming oil crash  : Rutland Herald Online

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Richard Heinberg, an American journalist, educator and a senior fellow with the Post-Carbon Institute, spoke last Thursday to a crowd of about 150 Green Mountain College students and interested local residents. His talk was “The Case for Resilience,” and his subject was moving toward a post-carbon society, one that no longer depends on cheap oil-based energy.

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How a Lack of Systemic Thinking Threatens a Sustainable U.S. Energy Policy

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Congress’s failure to see the ramifications of its shifting ethanol policies is wreaking havoc on energy supply chains.

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Online Panel: What is Energy Democracy and Why Does It Matter? | New Economy Week 2015 | New Economy Coalition

Online Panel: What is Energy Democracy and Why Does It Matter? | New Economy Week 2015 | New Economy Coalition | Thinking about Systems | Scoop.it

 

As the climate crisis heats up, and its impacts on the economy and people’s lives become more pronounced, concerned people everywhere are looking for new alternatives. Energy democracy seeks to replace the current corporate fossil-fuel economy with one that puts racial, social, and economic justice at the forefront of the transition to a 100% renewable energy future.

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The High-Tech Dome That Could Save Us Energy and Make a Better City – Next City

The High-Tech Dome That Could Save Us Energy and Make a Better City – Next City | Thinking about Systems | Scoop.it
Can Buckminster Fuller’s Dome Over Manhattan be reinvented for the future?
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