Improved energy productivity and renewable energy are both available in abundance—and new policies and technologies are rapidly making them more economically competitive with fossil fuels. In combination, these energy options represent the most robust alternative to the current energy system, capable of providing the diverse array of energy services that a modern economy requires. Given the urgency of the climate problem, that is indeed convenient.
Renewable biofuels are meanwhile making inroads in the transportation fuels market and are beginning to have a measurable impact on demand for petrol… - Christopher Flavin
Renewable biofuels are meanwhile making inroads in the transportation fuels market and are beginning to have a measurable impact on demand for petrol…
- Christopher Flavin
Urgency and vision are the twin pillars on which humanity's hope now hangs. - Christopher Flavin
Urgency and vision are the twin pillars on which humanity's hope now hangs.
The sunlight ... that strikes Earth’s land surface in two hours is equivalent to total human energy use in a year. While much of that sunlight become… - Christopher Flavin
The sunlight ... that strikes Earth’s land surface in two hours is equivalent to total human energy use in a year. While much of that sunlight become…
The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development - Christopher Flavin
The real potential of electricity lies not in providing social amenities but in stimulating long-term economic development
Building a world where we meet our own needs without denying future generations a healthy society is not impossible, as some would assert. The questi… - Christopher Flavin
Building a world where we meet our own needs without denying future generations a healthy society is not impossible, as some would assert. The questi…
The bottom of the oil barrel is now visible. - Christopher Flavin
The bottom of the oil barrel is now visible.
The 1,230 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power generating capacity in place at the end of 2009 now constitutes just over 25 percent of total generating … - Christopher Flavin
The 1,230 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power generating capacity in place at the end of 2009 now constitutes just over 25 percent of total generating …
Improved energy productivity and renewable energy are both available in abundance—and new policies and technologies are rapidly making them more econ… - Christopher Flavin
Improved energy productivity and renewable energy are both available in abundance—and new policies and technologies are rapidly making them more econ…
The challenge now is to renovate the baroque structure that the Kyoto Plan has become—or else scrap it and get ready to start all over. - Christopher Flavin
The challenge now is to renovate the baroque structure that the Kyoto Plan has become—or else scrap it and get ready to start all over.
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