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Mark Jacobson: Barriers to 100% Clean Energy are Social and Political, Not Technical or Economic

‘As world leaders prepare to gather in Paris for a landmark climate summit, a new analysis from Stanford University and University of California researchers lays out roadmaps for 139 countries, including the world’s major greenhouse gas emitters, to switch to 100 percent clean, renewable energy generated from wind, water and sunlight for all purposes by 2050.’

Excerpt from the abstract of a draft of the new report

‘…Aside from virtually eliminating air pollution morbidity and mortality and global warming, the implementation of these roadmaps will create net jobs worldwide, stabilize energy prices because fuel costs are zero, reduce energy poverty and international conflict over energy as countries become energy independent, and reduce risks of large-scale system disruptions by significantly decentralizing power production. The aggressive worldwide conversion to WWS [wind, water, sunlight power] proposed here will avoid exploding CO2 levels and catastrophic climate change by 2050.’

via Mark Jacobson: Barriers to 100% Clean Energy are Social and Political, Not Technical or Economic.