Republicans want to scare Pennsylvania voters into casting their ballots in favor of fossil fuel industry jobs. Mark Jacobson of Stanford says renewable energy will create more jobs while keeping the Earth habitable for humans.
Wood Mackenzie researchers have identified 2035 as the year when the changeover to renewable energy begins in earnest. Mostly, economics will drive the renewable revolution forward — if politicians don’t stand in the way.
The transition to sustainable, renewable energy sources won’t be an easy one, and it won’t be “painless,” according to noted complex systems researcher Jérôme Dangerman. The current system is so thoroughly entrenched that only severe, recurring crises, or perhaps a very determined intervention, will result in its transformation — that’s … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy (image added). By Sophie Vorrath. France has unveiled plans to use a levy on nuclear energy, as well as a tax on carbon emissions from fossil fuels, to help finance the country’s billion-dollar “energy transition” to a power mix based on renewables and energy efficiency. Bloomberg reports that … [continued]
