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- Why Renewables Can’t Save the Planet https://quillette.com/2019/02/27/why-renewables-cant-save-the-planet/ 2 comments
- Why Renewables Can’t Save the Planet https://quillette.com/2019/02/27/why-renewables-cant-save-the-planet/ 2 comments
- Why Renewables Can’t Save the Planet https://quillette.com/2019/02/27/why-renewables-cant-save-the-planet/ 7 comments
- A new Stanford University study says the cost of switching the whole planet to a fossil fuel free 100% renewables energy system would be $62 trillion, but as this would generate annual cost savings of $11 trillion, it would pay for itself in six years. https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3539703-no-miracle-tech-needed-how-to-switch-to-renewables-now-and-lower-costs-doing-it/ 43 comments renewableenergy
- A new Stanford University study says the cost of switching the whole planet to a fossil fuel free 100% renewables energy system would be $62 trillion, but as this would generate annual cost savings of $11 trillion, it would pay for itself in six years. https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3539703-no-miracle-tech-needed-how-to-switch-to-renewables-now-and-lower-costs-doing-it/ 220 comments environment
- A new Stanford University study says the cost of switching the whole planet to a fossil fuel free 100% renewables energy system would be $62 trillion, but as this would generate annual cost savings of $11 trillion, it would pay for itself in six years. https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3539703-no-miracle-tech-needed-how-to-switch-to-renewables-now-and-lower-costs-doing-it/ 1501 comments futurology
- Why Renewables Can’t Save the Planet https://quillette.com/2019/02/27/why-renewables-cant-save-the-planet/ 20 comments technology
- Renewables Can’t Save the Planet—but Uranium Can https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/review-essay/2017-08-15/nuclear-option 34 comments technology
- Texas city opts for 100% renewable energy – to save cash, not the planet http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/28/georgetown-texas-renewable-green-energy 57 comments politics
- Why Renewables Can’t Save the Planet - Quillette https://quillette.com/2019/02/27/why-renewables-cant-save-the-planet/ 7 comments moderatepolitics
- Jimmy Carter, the president who tried to save the planet | The Democrat helped protect more than 100 million acres of land in Alaska and championed renewable energy https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/02/21/jimmy-carter-environment-energy-alaska/ 32 comments climate
- IEA: Decarbonising the economy will save $71 trillion by 2050. Replacing fossil fuels with renewables as the world’s primary source of energy will not only save the planet from dangerous levels of warming – it will also save the global economy US$ 71trillion by 2050. http://www.rtcc.org/2014/05/12/iea-decarbonising-the-economy-will-save-71-trillion-by-2050/ 33 comments science
- Pope urges Christians to save planet from debris, desolation and filth | Pope Francis called on Thursday for concerted action against environmental degradation and climate change, renewing a fierce attack on consumerism and financial greed which, he said, were threatening the planet. http://reuters.com/article/iduskcn1174cg 6 comments worldnews
- Bernie’s Green New Deal Is for the Working Class - The Green New Deal proposal unveiled by Bernie Sanders promises to save the planet while providing tens of millions of good-paying jobs in the process. By attacking unemployment, it builds both renewable energy and the power of the working class. https://jacobinmag.com/2019/08/bernie-sanders-green-new-deal-job-guarantee-unemployment 28 comments politics