Electrify Everything:
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Because the electric grid can be converted to fully clean electricity, we can decarbonize quickly and switch to renewable energy by electrifying everything.
This means replacing technologies that run on combustion, like gasoline vehicles and oil and propane heating, with alternatives that run on electricity, like electric vehicles and heat pumps and electric mowers. Explore for more details: https://www.vox.com/2016/9/19/12938086/electrify-everything "In the developed world, most consumers get their power from the electricity grid (even those who also contribute to the grid with rooftop solar panels). When you are connected to a grid, everything you use that runs on electricity is, in carbon/climate terms, as clean as that grid. This has some profound implications. It means that, as long as we are reducing carbon on the grid, every single electrical device is getting cleaner throughout its life." Read the key findings of the 2022 Annual Progress Report on Vermont emissions, from Energy Action Network. #7 is "Equipment choices matter: To cut emissions and costs, we have to stop purchasing new fossil dependent vehicles and heating systems." |