Sunday, December 13, 2020

Al Gore: Where I Find Hope

The Biden administration will have the opportunity to restore confidence in America and take on the worsening climate crisis.

"...The cost of batteries for electric vehicles has dropped by 89 percent over the past decade, and according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, these vehicles will reach price parity with internal-combustion vehicles within two years in key segments of vehicle markets in the United States, Europe and Australia, followed quickly by China and much of the rest of the world. Sales of internal-combustion passenger vehicles worldwide peaked in 2017.


It is in this new global context that President-elect Biden has made the decarbonization of the U.S. electricity grid by 2035 a centerpiece of his economic plan. Coupled with an accelerated conversion to electric vehicles and an end to government subsidies for fossil fuels, among other initiatives, these efforts can help put the nation on a path toward net-zero emissions by 2050..."


https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/12/opinion/sunday/biden-climate-change-al-gore.html?smid=em-share

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