What If…


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I’ve had this one on my list for a long time. Finally got around to making the video (text and images with credits below it):

What if…

  • the way we produced electricity… caused cancer?
Woman cancer patient via Shutterstock
Child cancer patient losing hair via Shutterstock
Cancer medical scan via Shutterstock

What if…

  • the way we produced electricity… caused asthma?
Coal miner via AveLardo/flickr
Child with asthma via Shutterstock
Pennsylvania coal mine via wallyg/flickr

What if…

  • the way we produced electricity… killed millions of people?
Graveyard via Shutterstock
Coal smokestack via Shutterstock

What if…

  • the true price of electricity was over 5 times what we pay on our electric bill?
See: Full Cost of Coal $500 Billion/Year in U.S., Harvard Study Finds

What if we had solutions?…

Solar panel, wind turbine & globe via Shutterstock

What if…

  • we could produce truly cheap electricity from the wind…
Wind turbines on farm via Shutterstock
  • and the sun?
Solar panels with cloud reflections via Shutterstock

What if…

  • we priced electricity right?
Solar panel installation via Shutterstock
Solar panel, wind turbine & globe via Shutterstock

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Zach is tryin' to help society help itself one word at a time. He spends most of his time here on CleanTechnica as its director, chief editor, and CEO. Zach is recognized globally as an electric vehicle, solar energy, and energy storage expert. He has presented about electric vehicles and renewable energy at conferences in India, the UAE, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, Canada, and Curaçao.

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