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Zusatztext "One of the most quietly revolutionary policy books I’ve ever read." — Derek Thompson , The Atlantiic “I don’t think anyone else has quite so credibly laid out a realistic plan for swift action in the face of an existential crisis.” — Bill McKibben, New York Review of Books "... the book demands attention." — Nature "Surprisingly optimistic, realistic, and persuasive." — Kirkus (Starred) "It’s very clear, it’s very practical, it’s very possiblist." — Five Books Informationen zum Autor Saul Griffith Klappentext "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" -- Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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...
