Something Weird Most People Don’t Know About Climate and Clean Energy
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Something Weird Most People Don’t Know About Climate and Clean Energy
There are a lot of things most people don't know about working in climate and clean energy.
For example, did you know...
There's a long line (1,300 gigawatts worth) of wind, solar, and batteries waiting to connect to US grids
There are long lines of folks without any power still, and more for whom utilities shutoff power all while increasing executive and shareholder compensation
There's a long line of Federal, State, Regional Grid, Municipal, & Utilities— varying system actors (captured by incumbent industry) resisting change
For anyone in the industry, this stuff is pretty common knowledge.
But to those who haven't lived "a day in the life" in clean energy, some of these might come as a shock.
For example, here's the weirdest thing most people don't know about climate and clean energy:
We can't just wind and solar climate disruption
Yes, a clean energy transition is important. But tell that to folks just trying to get by. The weirdest insight I have for you is it's not just in the What we're working to change, but in the How.
It won't be through long lines of barriers, sacrificing lines of people, or sitting with the status quo. We need long transmission lines carrying abundant renewable electricity yes, but we need even longer lifelines created from long continuous lines of courage to really care for our communities.
Bonkers, right?
Originally Posted on Typeshare: https://typeshare.co/adampowers/posts/day-12-something-weird-most-people-dont-know-about-industry-8g1m