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An Energy Plan for the next 200 Years
Vision What we gain What 100% clean energy looks like What we stop
1. Distributed solar is on most rooftops
2. Electric cars go mainstream
3. Electric car batteries supply grid
backup service
4. Large-scale wind energy facilities
onshore and offshore
Domestic energy
Energy security
Job growth
No mountaintop removal mining
No particulate emissions
No smog
No mercury emissions
No radioactive toxic waste
No radioactive meltdowns
No oil drilling
No oil wars
No oil imports
No oil spills
No oil fuel price risk
No tar sands
No tailpipe emissions
No Fracking
• climate change
• Using water for thermal
electricity generation (coal,
natural gas, nuke), these uses
comprise almost half of water
withdrawals (agriculture is 33%,
consumers 11%)
Note: Items one and two above are driven by consumer preferences. Consumer adoption of these technologies may happen much faster than people expect.
For transportation, electricity is 3 times cheaper than gas at $3.50 / gallon, while solar is affordable and getting cheaper every day.
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