"Climate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something now-but what? Saul Griffith has a plan. In Electrify, Griffith lays out a detailed blueprint-optimistic but feasible-for fighting climate change while creating millions new jobs and a healthier environment. Griffith's plan can be summed up simply: electrify everything. He explains exactly what it would take to transform our infrastructure, update out grid, and adapt our household to make this possible. Billionaires may contemplate escaping our worn-out planet on a private rocket ship to Mars, but the rest of us, Griffith says, will stay and fight for the future" --…mehr
"Climate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something now-but what? Saul Griffith has a plan. In Electrify, Griffith lays out a detailed blueprint-optimistic but feasible-for fighting climate change while creating millions new jobs and a healthier environment. Griffith's plan can be summed up simply: electrify everything. He explains exactly what it would take to transform our infrastructure, update out grid, and adapt our household to make this possible. Billionaires may contemplate escaping our worn-out planet on a private rocket ship to Mars, but the rest of us, Griffith says, will stay and fight for the future" --Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Saul Griffith, inventor, entrepreneur, and engineer, is founder of Rewiring America, a nonprofit dedicated to decarbonizing America by electrifying everything, and founder and chief scientist at Otherlab. He was a recipient of a MacArthur “genius grant” in 2007.
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PREFACE xi 1 A GLIMMER OF HOPE 1 2 WE HAVE LESS TIME THAN YOU THINK 11 3 EMERGENCIES ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LASTING CHANGE 21 4 HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW? 29 5 2020s THINKING 47 6 ELECTRIFY! 51 7 WHERE WILL WE GET ALL THAT ELECTRICITY? 63 8 24/7/365 75 9 REDEFINING INFRASTRUCTURE 97 10 TOO CHEAP TO METER 103 11 BRINGING IT ALL HOME 111 12 A MORTGAGE IS A TIME MACHINE 125 13 PAYING FOR THE PAST 131 14 REWRITE THE RULES! 137 15 JOBS, JOBS, JOBS 145 16 MOBILIZING FOR WORLD WAR ZERO 163 17 CLIMATE CHANGE ISN’T EVERYTHING 173 APPENDIXES: RABBIT HOLES 189 A YES, AND . . . 191 B WHAT CAN YOU DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? 203 C DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: CLIMATE SCIENCE 101 211 D DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: HOW TO READ A SANKEY FLOW DIAGRAM 219 E DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: LOOK FOR YOURSELF 229 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 231 NOTES 233 INDEX 245
PREFACE xi 1 A GLIMMER OF HOPE 1 2 WE HAVE LESS TIME THAN YOU THINK 11 3 EMERGENCIES ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LASTING CHANGE 21 4 HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW? 29 5 2020s THINKING 47 6 ELECTRIFY! 51 7 WHERE WILL WE GET ALL THAT ELECTRICITY? 63 8 24/7/365 75 9 REDEFINING INFRASTRUCTURE 97 10 TOO CHEAP TO METER 103 11 BRINGING IT ALL HOME 111 12 A MORTGAGE IS A TIME MACHINE 125 13 PAYING FOR THE PAST 131 14 REWRITE THE RULES! 137 15 JOBS, JOBS, JOBS 145 16 MOBILIZING FOR WORLD WAR ZERO 163 17 CLIMATE CHANGE ISN’T EVERYTHING 173 APPENDIXES: RABBIT HOLES 189 A YES, AND . . . 191 B WHAT CAN YOU DO TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? 203 C DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: CLIMATE SCIENCE 101 211 D DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: HOW TO READ A SANKEY FLOW DIAGRAM 219 E DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: LOOK FOR YOURSELF 229 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 231 NOTES 233 INDEX 245
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