Things are pretty dire right now. We know we need to rapidly make some drastic changes – and Stanford researchers have come up with a master plan. Look-up your own country according to the plan https://thesolutionsproject.org/why-clean-energy/#/map/countries
Credits
- Author: Tessa Koumoundouros / ScienceAlert
- Editor: Chris Machens / Climate State
- Narration: Cormac Bren
- Music: Picknick in the Meadows KB / Farbrausch
- Music: Aspiration Orchestral by EdRecords
References
- ScienceAlert: Stanford Researchers Have an Exciting Plan to Tackle The Climate Emergency Worldwide https://www.sciencealert.com/stanford-researchers-have-a-plan-to-tackle-the-climate-emergency
- Mark Ruffalo, Marco Krapels, & Mark Z. Jacobson: “Power the World with Wind, Water and Sunlight” (2012) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_sLt5gNAQs
- Mark Jacobson: A 100 Percent Renewable Economy (2016, Greenman Studio) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GMgkORoaZ8
- Timeline and Land Area Required to Transition the All-Purpose EndUse Power of 143 Countries to 100 Percent Wind-Water-Solar and Five Reasons End-Use Demand Decreases 57.1 Percent Along the Way https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/I/TimelineDetailed.pdf
- The Solutions Project / Detailed country level mappings https://thesolutionsproject.org/why-clean-energy/#/map/countries/
- Mark Jacobson Lecture 2019: ENG – Un mondo 100% rinnovabile https://vimeo.com/364610938
- Mark Jacobson interview on David Letterman October 9, 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqIu2J3vRJc
- Study: Impacts of Green New Deal Energy Plans on Grid Stability, Costs, Jobs, Health, and Climate in 143 Countries https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(19)30225-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2590332219302258%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
- Michael E Mann https://twitter.com/MichaelEMann
- Mark Z Jacobson https://twitter.com/mzjacobson
- Greta Thunberg https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg