Solar and Wind Up, Hummer Down « It’s Getting Hot In Here

Our energy future becomes clearer every day. A new book called Solar Revolution by Travis Bradford argues that “solar energy will eventually be the cheapest source of energy in nearly all markets and locations because PV can bypass the aging and fragile electricity grid and deliver its power directly to the end user, fundamentally changing the underlying economics of energy. As the scale of PV production increases and costs continue to decline at historic rates, demand for PV electricity will outpace supply of systems for years to come.”

Another comprehensive and concise piece by Jerome a Paris from Daily Kos shows how “wind power is pretty much price competitive compared to alternatives” and “creates the most jobs per kWh. 10 MW generate about 4 full time jobs, of which 2 will necessarily be located in the community that hosts the wind farm.”

Meanwhile, GM announced it would discontinue production of the Hummer H1 in June after 16% lower annual sales in 2005. Corporations and investors are catching on quick – when will our politicians?

About Billy

At the end of 2002, freaked out about the deepening climate crisis, Billy dropped out of Yale University in the middle of his junior year to build a youth movement. He co-founded and led the Energy Action Coalition, which has become the largest youth advocacy organization in the world working on clean energy and global warming issues. Since early 2008, Billy has expanded his work beyond the Energy Action Coalition into a focus on building the green economy and creating green jobs for young people. He has been a consultant for Green for All on their "Green Jobs Now" day of action and developed the idea and campaign to create a Clean Energy Corps, a proposal based on the Civilian Conservation Corps designed to rebuild the country and create millions of new jobs and opportunities for community service. The community service component, The Clean Energy Service Corps, has become law as part of the Serve America Act, and other components of the proposal have been incorporated into the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the American Clean Energy and Security Act. A serial social entrepreneur, Billy has helped launch dozens of youth, climate and green jobs related organizations and initiatives, including Green Owl Records, a green music label affiliated with Warner Music Group; The Navajo Green Economy Coalition, which recently passed groundbreaking green jobs legislation on the Navajo Nation; and the Alignment Process, a collaborative of 50 large progressive organizations working on passing strong federal legislation to build a green economy and address global warming. Originally from New York City, he now lives with his wife Wahleah Johns and daughter Tohaana in Flagstaff, AZ.

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1 Elissa Smith May 15th, 2006 at 12:20 am

2006 = down with H1
2007 = down with H2
2008 = carbon free economy!

p.s. this photo of billy is super funny. notice the bubbles in the background and the crazy professor-like-ness of his appearance.

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