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New Fuel for Reinventing Fire: NREL’s Renewable Electricity Future Study
We often hear statistics about the abundant sources of renewable energy that could power our lives and our world.
Following up from RMI’s Live Chat on Electricity
Last week, over 600 people joined us for a live chat about the future of electricity and the key questions surrounding the transformation to a more efficient, renewable, and distributed electricity system. While we can’t address all the great questions we received, we’re focusing this blog on major themes that emerged.
Reinventing Fire: An “Idea Worth Spreading”
With over 500 million views since TED started posting video, TEDTalks have become a powerful cultural force featuring world-changing ideas from the likes of Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson. Not a bad list! Now RMI Chief Scientist Amory Lovins joins this prestigious group for the second time.
Going “Beyond the Light Switch”
Earlier this month, Beyond the Light Switch, a two-part, two-hour documentary narrated by Scientific American’s David Biello became available online. The series considers the trade-offs of various proposed energy solutions with great storytelling and a balanced perspective.
Mind the Gap: Backfilling Nuclear Shutdowns with Efficiency and Renewables in Japan, Germany, and California?
Electric utilities and policymakers in Japan and Germany have been scrambling for months to find ways to compensate for nuclear power plants shut down in the aftermath of Fukushima. Are longer-term energy policies shifting toward efficiency and renewables?