This analysis lays out a pathway towards the electrification of the US economy using technology that exists today. They aim to answer the question: “What is the best climate outcome we can achieve?”
Main pathways:
- Layout how to use existing technologies to achieve a sustainable tripling in US electricity production
- Policy change, that accounts for the real cost of energy production (damages done by fossil fuels)
- Finance the transition through government supported climate loans
Also see: How to drive fossil fuels out of the US economy, quickly, a Vox article dealing with Rewiring America and the broader theme of electrifying the US.
