Decarbonization Today

Understanding the conversion to a non-carbon energy future.

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Think you understand congressional redistricting?  I thought I did. However, I learned a thing or two from this interactive piece from The New York Times. 

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The New York Times published an interactive piece titled, "Postcards From A World On Fire" by the Editorial Board that provides visual postcards from around the world showing what climate change is all about - right now. 

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Carbon Tax vs Cap 'n Trade:  Who knew a Yogi-ism could provide insight into addressing decarbonization?

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If you want to better understand why transmission lines are such a big deal, listen to these Volts podcasts from David Roberts. 

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One reason for decarbonization journey's complexity is due to the diverse key roles and their relationships. Understanding their contributions provides insight into where the bottlenecks will occur as we decarbonize.

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There's been a significant amount of talk about the urgent need for more transmission lines recently with the infrastructure initiatives. There are two driving factors behind the talk...

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Much can be learned from podcasts and there are plenty out there on energy, climate change, and decarbonization.  

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We need to put a portion of the decarbonization urgency behind the development and implementation of capturing carbon dioxide technologies sooner rather than later.

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In simple terms, decarbonization has two basic components:

- The elimination of producing CO2 from fossil fuels

- The removal of excess CO2 already in the carbon cycle

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Numbers. When talking about decarbonization, there are lots of numbers. And they pertain to all aspects in the decarbonization journey- technology, economics, politics, and regulation. How do you know the numbers are accurate? How do you know if they are true?  Who can you trust?  It's important to know where the data is coming from.

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