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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Having a feel for how much electricity is expected from solar and wind power and how much land it requires makes you better informed in participating in discussions about or perhaps contributing to the implementation of solar and wind power.
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Dr. Gustafson from UCinn points out what facets of renewables, climate change, net zero, decarbonization, etc to bring up when talking to both sides of the isle.
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LCOE is ubiquitous in energy systems analysis. Understanding what it is, its components, assumptions, and shortcomings provides valuable insight into decarbonization.
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Is nuclear energy vital for decarbonization or are we kicking a serious nuclear waste issue down the road?
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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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Every topic discussed - by technologists, economists, politicians, activists, deniers, lawyers, bureaucrats, and even people that don't know what they are talking about - leads back to a component of the carbon cycle.
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In order for decarbonization to take hold, people's behavior must change. There is a lot of change coming and it is an underestimated obstacle.
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