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IRENA, IEA study concludes meeting 2?C scenario possible with net positive economics

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We are in a good position to transform the global energy system but success will depend on urgent action, as delays will raise the costs of decarbonization. Reducing the impact on human health and mitigating climate change would save between two- and six- times more than the costs of decarbonization, according to IRENA’s calculations.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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mpg by 2016. The automotive industry is living proof that private companies will rarely change their behaviors without a significant stimulus to that change, and furthermore one that needs to be mandated. Power plant capital costs. Even ruling Hawaii out as an outlier, the cost of electricity in Connecticut was 17.79

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NYC Goes EV

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billion in stimulus grants to the industry. Under its plan, a manufacturer would receive a credit for 0 grams of carbon dioxide emission only for the first 200,000 electric vehicles it produces by 2016. If the power plants are going to be fueled by coal we’re going to be worse off than if we fuel them by gas,&# said Zupan.