What Does A New Energy Era Look Like?

[kristopher]

What Does A New Energy Era Look Like?

Learn why moving from today's fossil fuel reality to a new energy future powered by efficiency and renewables makes sense and makes money. View the Reinventing Fire infographic and discover the pathways to support a 158%-bigger U.S. economy in 2050—one that needs no oil, no coal, no nuclear energy, one-third less natural gas, and no new inventions—all at a cost $5 trillion less than business as usual.

[NYC_SKP]

1. K/R

Despite my disapproval of hydrogen being listed among energy sources of 2050.

[kristopher]

2. Well...

I agree that it isn't proprely aligned with wind solar etc. But it's an energy carrier in the same way electricity and gasoline are and it's use as a way to deliver energy for some applications is going to be important.

[kristopher]

3. Kick

[XemaSab]

4. I'm all for it, as long as we can abandon

the centralized model.

[kristopher]

5. The plan is available at the link, what does it say about the centralized model?

http://rmi.org/rfexecutivesummary

http://rmi.org/ReinventingFire

http://rmi.org/Knowledge-Center/ReinventingFire