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"The good news is it's now clearly cheaper to save the planet than to ruin it," says engineer and investor John Doerr. "The bad news is: we are fast running out of time." In this conversation with climate policy expert Hal Harvey, the two sustainability leaders discuss why humanity has to act globally, at speed and at scale, to meet the staggering challenge of decarbonizing the global economy (which has only ever increased emissions throughout history) — and share helpful examples of promising energy solutions from around the world.
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He’s first
This sounds dope!!….
I’ll be back with my thoughts afterwards lol
I love TED! They inspired my sci-fi/futurist channel!!
“Electrify the grid”
Like Tron?
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TED , I love you so much, Thank you
Let’s do this!
Did he just skim over Tesla?
How does it affect the weather
Really impressive. I like that conversation.
We need to discuss how this will work from a practical technical perspective. I love the sound of wind and solar power, but where is the electricity coming from on a still night? Electrical storage is completely infeasible on the scale required to support 100% renewable electrical power. The reality is that nuclear fission is the safest and cleanest option we have today – until nuclear fusion works.
So you believe generating vast amounts of cheap energy is a problem? Don’t you think anyone would jump into a potential multi billion market? If you build it, they will come.
We have been told so many lies. We’re suppose to be in a full on ice age it’s 2020.
Let’s just fix it for all those beings underground that can’t live in this environment. Give the demons our home.
Have a great day, everyone. Stay calm, blessed and be as awesome as you are.
Bs breathing gas, from lead and asbestos to zinc then you find out it’s just as bad for you
Money is the only thing ruining this planet – solve that and ya might have a chance – none of these pipe dreams – like a band aid on a broken arm – solve the core issue
We need carbon for all life so lets get rid of it
Let’s just fix it for all those beings underground that can’t live in this environment. Give the demons our home.
Guessing game with someone else’s life