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Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future

Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future

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An optimistic--but realistic and feasible--action plan for fighting climate change while creating new jobs and a healthier environment: electrify everything。

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 of 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 our grid， and adapt our households 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。

Griffith， an engineer and inventor， calls for grid neutrality， ensuring that households， businesses， and utilities operate as equals; we will have to rewrite regulations that were created for a fossil-fueled world， mobilize industry as we did in World War II， and offer low-interest "climate loans。" Griffith's plan doesn't rely on big， not-yet-invented innovations， but on thousands of little inventions and cost reductions。 We can still have our cars and our houses--but the cars will be electric and solar panels will cover our roofs。 For a world trying to bounce back from a pandemic and economic crisis， there is no other project that would create as many jobs--up to twenty-five million， according to one economic analysis。 Is this politically possible？ We can change politics along with everything else。

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Book O Latte ，

Bukti-bukti perubahan iklim sudah di depan mata。 Sekarang waktunya mencari dan menerapkan solusi， dan menurut Saul Griffith， solusinya adalah electrify everything！Saul Griffith adalah seorang ilmuwan Australia-Amerika， insinyur dan inventor yang banyak berkecimpung di sektor energi， termasuk mendirikan beberapa start-up bidang energi terbarukan。 Ia juga penerima 'genius grant' MacArthur Foundation， yang biasanya diberikan pada orang-orang yang karyanya dianggap 'highly original' di berbagai bida Bukti-bukti perubahan iklim sudah di depan mata。 Sekarang waktunya mencari dan menerapkan solusi， dan menurut Saul Griffith， solusinya adalah electrify everything！Saul Griffith adalah seorang ilmuwan Australia-Amerika， insinyur dan inventor yang banyak berkecimpung di sektor energi， termasuk mendirikan beberapa start-up bidang energi terbarukan。 Ia juga penerima 'genius grant' MacArthur Foundation， yang biasanya diberikan pada orang-orang yang karyanya dianggap 'highly original' di berbagai bidang。（Oya， ternyata Saul Griffith ini juga co-founder Instructables， platform para makers。 Kalau hafal karakter para 'aktivis' Instructables， bisa kebayang kalo dia ini orangnya banyak ide， senang bermain dengan ide-idenya， kreatif， senang 'ngoprek' dan eksperimen。 Pantas dia inovator pendiri berbagai start-up）。Cocok dengan subjudulnya， buku ini memang 'an optimist playbook'。 Isinya visioner， rinci， jelas langkah-langkahnya， dan mengandung 'yes we can' mentality。Griffith berargumen bahwa jalan tercepat 'membersihkan' sektor energi dan mengatasi perubahan iklim tanpa mengorbankan gaya hidup， adalah dengan elektrifikasi di segala bidang， dengan transformasi infrastruktur （individual dan kolektif）。 Ia menjelaskan dengan data yang rinci， besar supply dan demand energi saat ini （fokusnya di Amerika） yang masih menggunakan bahan bakar fosil， dan apa saja yang dibutuhkan untuk mengganti semuanya menjadi bahan bakar non fosil seperti matahari dan angin。Menurutnya， Amerika sebetulnya sudah punya bahan-bahannya kalau mau mengganti sumber energi， tapi halangan terbesarnya adalah "inertia and the stubborn insistence on the current way of doing things"， orang-orangnya yang nggak mau berubah。 （Ketidakmauan ini disponsori oleh para penguasa sektor minyak & batu bara， tapi itu nanti dibahas di buku lain ya， yang kebetulan sedang saya baca， The New Climate War dari pakar iklim Michael E。 Mann）。Griffith bahkan merinci bagaimana Amerika bisa melakukan dan membiayai perubahan besar-besaran ini， dengan mengambil preseden upaya Amerika mengerahkan seluruh tenaga fisik dan pikiran di masa pemerintahan FD Roosevelt， melalui program-program New Deal （program serupa diusulkan jaman Obama dan sekarang Joe Biden， namun banyak ditentang oleh Republikan。 Bisa google Green New Deal）。 Menurutnya， perubahan besar memang butuh biaya besar di awalnya， tapi melalui elektrifikasi sektor energi ke depannya biaya akan sangat murah ， it would be 'too cheap to meter'。 Dan para pekerja sektor minyak dan batu bara， jangan khawatir， katanya。 Pindah ke energi terbarukan akan membuka jutaan lowongan kerja。 Perlu transisi， tapi lahan kerja akan ada。Bagaimana dengan individu？ Di akhir buku bahkan Griffith merinci apa yang bisa dilakukan oleh individu di berbagai bidang。 Contoh:- kalau kamu petani， ini kesempatan untuk mengubah cara bertani （regenerative culture， carbon capture in soil）- kalau kamu investor， invest di perusahaan yang berusaha menuju carbon-free future。- kalau kamu ahli listrik， siap-siap sibuk， latih dan ajari banyak orang tentang kelistrikan。- kalau kamu arsitek， buatlah rancangan yang mempertimbangkan perubahan iklim。- dll。Intinya， menurut Griffith， Amerika bisa kok melakukannya。 Bahannya ada， caranya seperti ini nih。 Tapi kita harus melakukannya bersama-sama dalam skala besar。"It will take all of us" tutupnya。-dydy- 。。。more

Christine ，

Didn’t agree with everything this book lays out but it’s a clear view to what a no-carbon future looks like， which may be difficult for newcomers to the climate space to grasp at first。 A clear and accessible read。

Dave ，

The main idea of electrify everything is sound， but so many other constrains and concerns are ignored。 For example， immediately replacing ICE cars with electric cars built by an industry and processes that are still carbon intensive will cause a spike in short term emissions。 This point and the necessary sequencing and scaling up of clean tech is ignored， as are the very real concerns of rare earth metal extraction and battery recycling。

Live Forever or Die Trying ，

Electrify by Saul Griffith is a read I really enjoyed。 Subtitled “An Optimists Playbook for our Clean Energy Future” it sets to outline a few key points and then uses the remaining pages to really drive these home。The general premise of Electrify goes like so…1。 A brief explanation of climate change， how we know what we know， and an emphasis that we are running out of time。2。 An outline of strategy to completely eliminate fossil fuels and transition to a fully electric power grid3。 Explanation o Electrify by Saul Griffith is a read I really enjoyed。 Subtitled “An Optimists Playbook for our Clean Energy Future” it sets to outline a few key points and then uses the remaining pages to really drive these home。The general premise of Electrify goes like so…1。 A brief explanation of climate change， how we know what we know， and an emphasis that we are running out of time。2。 An outline of strategy to completely eliminate fossil fuels and transition to a fully electric power grid3。 Explanation of the economic benefits of the above strategy4。 How to finance this change5。 Alternative solutions and why they may not work。What is really interesting about Electrify is unlike a majority of standard climate change / renewable energy books there is no call for degrowth or a prescription of change for the standard western lifestyle。 Personally I can see this either as being a pro or a con。 While degrowth would certainly cut down on our carbon footprint it is unlikely to ever gain the full cultural transformation needed to be enacted。 By leaving this out I believe Griffith is catering this book to a more general audience。So what is the strategy anyways？ Briefly， with large amounts of data， flow charts， and statistics， Griffith shows us that we can leverage efficiencies to lower our energy usage to 42% of what it currently is right off the bat。 Secondly we look infrastructure and the most efficient ways to generate renewable electricity。 Thirdly we look at the financial implications on what this would take to accomplish and how it would affect the overall economy。 Overall I thought it was an engaging argument that seems to have the potential to influence the average Americans lifestyle。 That being said， changing the average persons lifestyles only does so much when most emissions come from corporations。 However Electrify seems like it could get corporations onboard as well。 It emphasizes the economic gains and job creations behind the switch， after all， profit incentives seem to be the biggest driver for these corporations。 By showing how this could help the environment while generating record profits you may have something that can actually change our systems。 。。。more

Dan J。 ，

Yes， as the title says， this book is optimistic， but it is so much more than an "of only" ow "rose-colored glasses' view of the problem and a solid list of possible solutions。 Highly recommended。 Buy copies for your friends and your elected leaders and other decision makers you may have contact with。 Yes， as the title says， this book is optimistic， but it is so much more than an "of only" ow "rose-colored glasses' view of the problem and a solid list of possible solutions。 Highly recommended。 Buy copies for your friends and your elected leaders and other decision makers you may have contact with。 。。。more

David Potenziani ，

Brilliant analysis of our current inflection point between dino-powered technologies and a much more promising future。

Mike Alcazaren ，

Super inspiring book。 Only four stars as it may be a touch too optimistic - and I'd love to see more specific tactics of how we execute at the end of each chapter。 That said， Appendix B was incredible。 I'm probably splitting hairs with this review - so just go read the book！ Super inspiring book。 Only four stars as it may be a touch too optimistic - and I'd love to see more specific tactics of how we execute at the end of each chapter。 That said， Appendix B was incredible。 I'm probably splitting hairs with this review - so just go read the book！ 。。。more

Scotty ，

Read it！ It's important。 Read it！ It's important。 。。。more

Henk Broekhuizen ，

Interessant maar ook typisch amerikaans; met grote stappen oncontroleerbare stappen wordt een maakbare toekomst gecreëerd。

Kim Morrow ，

This book contains a lot of helpful data and calculations about how we can electrify our society。 These are worthwhile references。 But it does not break free of the theoretical in describing a cohesive national mobilization effort and a full transformation of industries。 As someone who has worked in the trenches of climate action on the local and national level， I'm afraid that in the end his playbook seems unrealistic。 This book contains a lot of helpful data and calculations about how we can electrify our society。 These are worthwhile references。 But it does not break free of the theoretical in describing a cohesive national mobilization effort and a full transformation of industries。 As someone who has worked in the trenches of climate action on the local and national level， I'm afraid that in the end his playbook seems unrealistic。 。。。more

Brendan Artley ，

Yes。

Ellen Berkowitz ，

Excellent。 Comprehensive， practical， accessible， well organized。

Christian Hartman ，

Many parts of this book I would give six stars to if I could。 The rest had a disappointing amount of two star hand waving and vagueness between the problem now and the solution then。 Still an overall excellent read， the data sources here are phenomenal and used extremely well

Jay ，

Great read！ We need more optimistic and forward-thinking leaders like Saul。

Peter Wang ，

Talks about the inevitable shift to all-electric economy。 Worth a read。 A bit light on financial details on how to get there， otherwise fairly impressive

Mason ，

It was a nice overview of the reasons to electrify basically everything。 I work on climate policy so I’d heard essentially all of these arguments before; I’m sold on the ideas。 I was hoping there was going to be more meat to the book。 Often he made handwaving statements about tricky aspects of changing our systems。 It’s good as an introduction to these issues。 But I’m going to look elsewhere for others that grapple with the difficulties of changing things and fighting fossil incumbents， such as It was a nice overview of the reasons to electrify basically everything。 I work on climate policy so I’d heard essentially all of these arguments before; I’m sold on the ideas。 I was hoping there was going to be more meat to the book。 Often he made handwaving statements about tricky aspects of changing our systems。 It’s good as an introduction to these issues。 But I’m going to look elsewhere for others that grapple with the difficulties of changing things and fighting fossil incumbents， such as Leah Stokes’s “Short Circuiting Policy。” 。。。more

Anna Thompson ，

Concise but simultaneously comprehensive。 I can envision myself returning to this book to re-up on climate concepts that I want to be familiar with。 Unsurprisingly， I found the climate financing portion the most interesting。

Karen ，

The title feels misleading - it is more like a guide for the only scenario in which one can be an optimist， which when you read it seems highly unrealistic。 All in all a slightly depressing read。

Christa Van ，

Thank God this guy is an optimist。 I'm shopping for solar panels now。 Come on people。。。this might actually be the most important problem we face - let's not let the earth burn。 Thank God this guy is an optimist。 I'm shopping for solar panels now。 Come on people。。。this might actually be the most important problem we face - let's not let the earth burn。 。。。more

Aude Hofleitner ，

I really enjoyed this book （thanks Vincent for the rec！） which provides an optimistic path to address the climate crisis。 While the overall message is optimistic， it still raises the alarm for the urgency to act now， as any delay makes the required future changes even more drastic。 Maybe the book particularly resonated with my engineering side of concrete and quantitative solutions， which each add up to contribute to the solution。 It may not be easy and require drastic policy changes or massive I really enjoyed this book （thanks Vincent for the rec！） which provides an optimistic path to address the climate crisis。 While the overall message is optimistic， it still raises the alarm for the urgency to act now， as any delay makes the required future changes even more drastic。 Maybe the book particularly resonated with my engineering side of concrete and quantitative solutions， which each add up to contribute to the solution。 It may not be easy and require drastic policy changes or massive mobilization of our industry， but humanity has proven times and times over its ability to fight major crisis。 。。。more

Aishwarya ，

This is a great book if you want an electrification for dummies book that will make this pathway sound plausible。 Very high level and in some parts very repetitive。 Not sure if a feasible pathway was laid out and I couldn't really get much from the diagrams as I got this as an audiobook。 Also he shot down H2 and biofuels and put forward only needing solar，wind，hydro and nuclear production as being enough。。maybe it is in the US but not in Canada。 In the later half of the book， he brings up embodi This is a great book if you want an electrification for dummies book that will make this pathway sound plausible。 Very high level and in some parts very repetitive。 Not sure if a feasible pathway was laid out and I couldn't really get much from the diagrams as I got this as an audiobook。 Also he shot down H2 and biofuels and put forward only needing solar，wind，hydro and nuclear production as being enough。。maybe it is in the US but not in Canada。 In the later half of the book， he brings up embodied energy （ which frankly isnt discussed enough） 。。。and there he makes the point of the cultural shift we need。 All in all， a positive story spun on electrification。 。。。more

Angie Smith ，

When a book is marked on my to- read list for a second time I usually try to move the book up on my list and read it more urgently。 I first put this book on myList when I heard the author interviewed on one of my favorite podcasts: Sarah Wilson’s Wild podcast。 Then the University had Saul Griffith as the keynote speaker at their Decarbonization Summit。 It seems his ideas and thoughts make real sense based on data。 We have an urgent need to make significant changes quickly in order to avoid plane When a book is marked on my to- read list for a second time I usually try to move the book up on my list and read it more urgently。 I first put this book on myList when I heard the author interviewed on one of my favorite podcasts: Sarah Wilson’s Wild podcast。 Then the University had Saul Griffith as the keynote speaker at their Decarbonization Summit。 It seems his ideas and thoughts make real sense based on data。 We have an urgent need to make significant changes quickly in order to avoid planet catastrophe。 I really liked the premise- we have limited time left and with that time what do the facts say about how to best solve the climate problem efficiently。 No need to waste time with the small stuff。 Electrify！！！Climate change will not be solved if only the wealthy can afford it。 We need to maximize our efforts to make these new energy grids more accessible to hit the climate targets and we need to mobilize our efforts similar to how we responded during times of world war。 To eliminate our carbon emissions we must electrify everything。 Transportation infrastructure must be updated。 It’s too late for carbon taxes。 No more time for natural gas。 America can show other nations the way。 Despair can lead to hope to spur action。 If we can solve 85% of the problem the smart people working on the other 15% can manage。 We have less time to do this than you think。 We need to hit these goals before 2030 otherwise we will have irreversible impact。We have to promote negative emitters and retire heavy hitters。 if American does it right we can revitalize our economies。 Wind and Solar need to be expanded。 Hydrogen will not be of great use。 EV cars and electric heat pumps must be topPriority。 It might take a decade for widespread adoption of EV。 We need EVs to be 100% of car sales。 The free market is not able to help us stay below 1。5 degrees。 We must fix the infrastructure to handle the adoption of EVs。 The free market needs a swift kick （as opposed to the invisible hand - hahaha）。 Your next furnace needs to be a heat pump and your roof needs solar。 If we do this right everyone’s energy costs will go down。 We can’t do nothing。 Electric is better so we will need less energy。 We will save energy by converting to electric as we will not need to move as much coal and fossil fuels saving 11% of totally energy。 8% of emissions come from cement。 We can build with less concrete。Saul is less of a fan of carbon sequestration which surprised me a bit。The government needs to invest and spend more in clean energy。 DoE invests little in energy technology and instead needs to increase their spending for fifty fold。 Similar to our investments in the space exploration of the 60s。 If we use solar alone we would need solar panels on more than just rooftops and parking lots。 Farmers need to help us decarbonize。 Solar and Wind can do the heavy lifting but in places where we don’t have the infrastructure needed to have nuclear suffice we can electrify。 The area we give to rooftops， roads， parking lots we can electrify。 Look for surfaces that can do two things at once。 We need to put solar panels wherever we can put them。 Nuclear is more costly than solar。 We need to prioritize the big infrequent purchase: car， roof， appliances- the once in a decade purchases。 This is a big part of the solution to electrify cars， roofs， heat pumps。 Support clean energy in your community and state- advocate forSolar cells above schools。 We can solve climate change if we dont let outdated politics designed for a fossilFuel economy dictate current needs。 Regulations make clean energy experience- not the technology itself。We should get rid of fossil fuel subsidies！！！！ Take it out of tax code！ Low bonds increases fracking， utilities have a big role to play- but we can try to incentivize home owners to share excess energy。 The narrator of this audiobook was robotic- I’d recommend the paper version。 I wish the author had read the audiobook。 。。。more

Sai Krishna ，

In one line， a desperate attempt to fight climate change with a bunch of novel and some naive（not fully explored to depth） ideas to tackle carbon emissions。 This book focuses（as the book name suggests） on decarbonising only America and primarily through Electrification。Author Saul Griffith is a phenomenal inventor more than a writer。 The companies he founded are exceptionally unique like Makani（Generating Power through Big Kites）， OtherLabs（Inflatables helmets and many）， popular site Instructabl In one line， a desperate attempt to fight climate change with a bunch of novel and some naive（not fully explored to depth） ideas to tackle carbon emissions。 This book focuses（as the book name suggests） on decarbonising only America and primarily through Electrification。Author Saul Griffith is a phenomenal inventor more than a writer。 The companies he founded are exceptionally unique like Makani（Generating Power through Big Kites）， OtherLabs（Inflatables helmets and many）， popular site Instructables。com（DIY projects）， Rewiring America， Roam Robotics and some others。 Breadth of different fields he works upon is insane。Book is packed with data from Sankey Diagram for entire US energy consumption to how the average household energy demand varies for a day， week and even an year。 The core of it is basically how do we get carbon neutral（not negative） with current technologies（Solar， Wind， Nuclear， BioFuel etc） and working backwards to achieve this by speeding up the production， creative finance options etc。 If I list in 3 main points1。 Start ramping up production capacity of PV， Wind turbines， Batteries as if in WWll。2。 Electrify the entire grid using renewables backed with proper data on how we can achieve this。 Adjusting load for a day， week and year and how each household can act as energy supplier to the grid via roof top solar panels。3。 Creating finance for clean energy products with low interest rates so that low income groups have low upfront costs。Biggest drawback of this book is the lack of depth in many of the suggestions。 Complexities of technological development and adoption could have been explored more。 Carbon Capture barely got any focus and the citations mentioned were decade old on turning down the technology。Example suggestions with lack of depth would be providing 24/7/365 power with solar and wind， adjusting the daily load by cross country transmission lines。 This might be easy on paper to do， though the complexities of usage till now have been mitigated by readily available natural gas or coal。 Extracting coal/natural gas is easy， setting up new Solar Panels and Wind would take time。 These loads might be adjusted by Nuclear， but setting up these plants also takes time（order of decades）。Suggestion of buying out Fossil Fuel company assets（estimated at $9 Trillion） would be too naive（author also agrees！）， then every trader probably would want to divest from fossil fuel at this point and the cascading effect of crash in all secondary industries who depend on Fossil Fuel would be catastrophic。 Currently many primary necessities need fossil fuel i。e Food， Steel， Cement and Plastics。The same rules certainly would not apply（maybe not all） for China given that it is the world manufacturing hub and largest producer of emissions。 。。。more

Renae Hesselink ，

I listened to on Audible which was easy to listen to but there was so much good information I was wanting to take notes and kind of wished I had a hard copy to underline and highlight things I wanted to share with others。 I work on climate action and sustainability issues every day （it is my full-time job） but I'm always looking for things that I can share with others to let them know what can be done or to try and get more people on board。 Here is a summary of what we can do personally from the I listened to on Audible which was easy to listen to but there was so much good information I was wanting to take notes and kind of wished I had a hard copy to underline and highlight things I wanted to share with others。 I work on climate action and sustainability issues every day （it is my full-time job） but I'm always looking for things that I can share with others to let them know what can be done or to try and get more people on board。 Here is a summary of what we can do personally from the book - but there was so much more to be learned。 Here is what we can all do: take responsibility for your own personal infrastructure。 Do the best thing and electrify everything when you are making your next major purchase decisions on the following:1。 Your next vehicle and all vehicles in your future to be electric。2。 Install solar on your rooftop。3。 HVAC - your next heating and cooling source should be electric heat pump， and when its time to change your flooring radiant hydronic， efficient air conditioning4。 Kitchen/laundry/basement: most energy efficient appliances， electric hot water， electric clothes dryer and induction cooking5。 personal storage - batteries are affordable to have in your home for back-up6。 Community infrastructure: advocate for solar on public and commercial buildings， schools。 Advocate for electric utilities to utilize carbon free renewables as their sources。7。 personal dietary choices - eat less meat， even if you don't go strict vegetarian or vegan， eating less meat will reduce emissionsWe also need to lobby landlords that rent and lease properties。 And we need to elect people that will help make this happen。 Most of the technology that we need to be able to make these decisions already exists - we need to scale it up which in turn will create many， many jobs。 We also need to have financing available to help home owners make these changes - not credit cards。 Financing is becoming easier but we need innovative low-cost financing。 Do we have the will？ I don't think we do politically - so therefore we can't rely on that。 Ultimately if we make this happen， there is a cost savings for every American。 Time to buck up everyone or no one will have to worry about the future because there will be no future for anyone on earth。 And a reminder that natural gas is not clean energy - don't be fooled 。。。more

Gerry ，

"What if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing？"- cartoon by Joel Pett， 2009Giving it 4 stars because I can imagine a covering the same topic going even deeper。 That said， this is an important body of work and a great start and simplify the problem of climate change into something that we can act and move on right now。 And we as a species need to act。The great thing is that we can build a better future with a better economy and end up with a better world for all by electrifyin "What if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing？"- cartoon by Joel Pett， 2009Giving it 4 stars because I can imagine a covering the same topic going even deeper。 That said， this is an important body of work and a great start and simplify the problem of climate change into something that we can act and move on right now。 And we as a species need to act。The great thing is that we can build a better future with a better economy and end up with a better world for all by electrifying everything and moving away from fossil fuels。 Look at just one example， the nightmare in Ukraine and giving billions and billions of dollars/euros to Russia for fossil fuels。We have the technology and the ability to move to renewables， we just need to all move together to make it happen。Recommend for anybody looking for an optimistic book about how we can solve global warming。 。。。more

Nels ，

punchy and clear， and a great message

Sam Mueller ，

This book is a great layout of what needs to be done to electrify our lives。 It is NOT about ALL solutions for climate change， it is all about electrifying everything。 He used facts， historical examples， graphs， numbers， etc。 to show what can and should be done。 He is optimistic that if we hustle we can make change and does not think we should place blame but rather work together。 He covers a lot about the electric future and includes some great talking points at the end。 Personally I feel like This book is a great layout of what needs to be done to electrify our lives。 It is NOT about ALL solutions for climate change， it is all about electrifying everything。 He used facts， historical examples， graphs， numbers， etc。 to show what can and should be done。 He is optimistic that if we hustle we can make change and does not think we should place blame but rather work together。 He covers a lot about the electric future and includes some great talking points at the end。 Personally I feel like this is a motivational text to get people to act。 。。。more

Nancy Sun ，

One of the best written pieces I've consumed about climate change。 Strikes a good balance between describing the mess we are in and also what we can do about it。 One of the best written pieces I've consumed about climate change。 Strikes a good balance between describing the mess we are in and also what we can do about it。 。。。more

Nick ，

This book takes a good look at the current state of energy usage in America and identifies a bunch of ways to get to zero-carbon while actually saving money and improving our quality of life。 There's plenty of graphs and citations。My only criticism is its overuse of the US as the only country being scrutinized when other countries also do contribute to the problem。 There's some handwaving that the author does which doesn't really answer anything。 Even if the US went completely carbon-free， it wo This book takes a good look at the current state of energy usage in America and identifies a bunch of ways to get to zero-carbon while actually saving money and improving our quality of life。 There's plenty of graphs and citations。My only criticism is its overuse of the US as the only country being scrutinized when other countries also do contribute to the problem。 There's some handwaving that the author does which doesn't really answer anything。 Even if the US went completely carbon-free， it wouldn't stop climate change without the rest of the world。Still， this book has a lot of content in a short read。 。。。more

Michael Gray ，

Learned a ton in just 200 or so pages。 Highly recommend for anyone interested in energy or climate， though it's not just for people who are deep in the weeds。 I preferred Bill Gates's book for a broader view but this was better for looking specifically at electrification， the benefits， and how we get there。 I came away more optimistic。 Learned a ton in just 200 or so pages。 Highly recommend for anyone interested in energy or climate， though it's not just for people who are deep in the weeds。 I preferred Bill Gates's book for a broader view but this was better for looking specifically at electrification， the benefits， and how we get there。 I came away more optimistic。 。。。more

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