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Posted on Sustainabilitank.info on October 8th, 2008
by Pincas Jawetz (PJ@SustainabiliTank.com)

As per Grist:

The Four Trillion Dollar Plan

Google unveils plan to move U.S. off fossil fuels by 2030

Posted at 10:30 AM on 02 Oct 2008


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Google.org, the philanthropic arm of the search giant, has unveiled a plan to move the U.S. to a clean-energy future. The vision: In 2030, electricity will be generated not from coal or oil but from wind, solar, and geothermal power. Energy demand will be two-thirds what it is now, thanks to stringent energy-efficiency measures. Ninety percent of new vehicle sales will be plug-in hybrids. Carbon dioxide emissions will be down 48 percent. Getting there will cost $4.4 trillion, says the plan — but will recoup $5.4 trillion in savings. The Clean Energy 2030 plan would require ambitious national policies, a huge boost to renewables, increased transmission capacity, a smart electricity grid, and much higher fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles. But hey, says the report: “With a new administration and Congress — and multiple energy-related imperatives — this is an opportune, perhaps unprecedented, moment to move from plan to action.”


sources: 
Greentech Media,

San Francisco Chronicle,
Sacramento Business Journal,
PC World


straight to the plan: 
Clean Energy 2030


see other plans, in Grist: 
Al Gore’s plan,

T. Boone Pickens’ plan

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