What If…
July 28th, 2012 by Zachary Shahan
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?
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
About the Author
Zachary Shahan Zach is tryin' to help society help itself (and other species). He spends most of his time here on CleanTechnica as its director and chief editor. He's also the president of Important Media and the director/founder of EV Obsession and Solar Love. Zach is recognized globally as an electric vehicle, solar energy, and energy storage expert. He has presented about cleantech at conferences in India, the UAE, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, and Canada. Zach has long-term investments in TSLA, FSLR, SPWR, SEDG, & ABB — after years of covering solar and EVs, he simply has a lot of faith in these particular companies and feels like they are good cleantech companies to invest in. But he offers no professional investment advice and would rather not be responsible for you losing money, so don't jump to conclusions.
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