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Climate Disasters & Multiplying Your Impact by 1,000

Published: Sept. 13, 2021, 9 a.m.

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Do you want to create the clean energy future we need to make the world safe for yourselves, your children, and all future generations?

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Do you know that solar energy can supply up to 40% of the nation\\u2019s electricity - within 15 years? Yes, that\\u2019s true! The US Department of Energy\\u2019s recent study, called Solar Futures (https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-releases-solar-futures-study-providing-blueprint-zero-carbon-grid), found that solar \\u2013 our cheapest and fastest-growing source of clean energy \\u2013 could produce enough electricity to power all of the homes in the U.S. by 2035 - and employ as many as 1.5 million people in the process!

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However, while the goal is achievable, we need coordinated national action to get there.

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In order to achieve this level of decarbonization, the US must not only install an average of 30 gigawatts of solar capacity per year between now and 2025 \\u2014 double our current rate \\u2014 and 60 gigawatts per year from 2025 to 2030. To get to this next level of change will require policy advances.

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Together, we are now an AWESome force of nature. We are literally changing the world. Every phone call that you make to your US Congress and Senate representatives is interpreted as representing the viewpoints of 1,000 people in your community.

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Pick up that phone, take part in this Earth\\u2019s journey towards becoming a safe place to live in, and let your government know you want a clean energy future.

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Go clean, save green, and energize today!

Ron Kamen is your host and clean energy guide here in AWESome EarthKind Podcast. For more than 3 decades, he has helped businesses, governments, non-profits, and communities take their next step in clean energy transformations that allow people to reduce carbon footprints and save money. Ron guides us all to empower and energize ourselves through AWESome EarthKind Podcast \\u2013 so that wherever we are on the clean energy spectrum, we can take our next step to a healthier and more sustainable future.

In this episode, Ron focuses on the human loss and financial cost of climate disruption, alongside the importance of government policy to lead the way to a bright future. Here, he cites the US Department of Energy\\u2019s recent study called Solar Futures and President Biden\\u2019s plan to spend $1 trillion to fortify infrastructure nationwide including electrical grids, water, and sewer systems to better defend against extreme weather.

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Watch one of \\u201cThe Power of Earth with Comfort\\u201d from Climate Master webclasses: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLah5C8kHNExjV1JvbyuQEcBOKhVRjxJ-f\\xa0

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You\\u2019ll discover the answers every homeowner needs to know, including:

  • How geothermal heating and cooling can draw energy from the ground beneath our feet (for pennies)
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  • The secrets to securing utility incentives and tax credits to pay for a large portion of your new geothermal system

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Topics Covered:

01:07 \\u2013 Ron recalls that day over a week ago when his colleagues informed him about two different climate disasters \\u2013 a major tornado in New Jersey and an 8\\u2019 water flood in New York which altogether took away 89 people\\u2019s lives and left a damage cost of over $50 billion across the country in total.

03:30 \\u2013 Ron mentions the International Panel on Climate Change\\u2019s report about the changes in the Earth\\u2019s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, and talks about the government\\u2019s role in this dramatic change.

05:10 \\u2013 Ron quotes Solar Futures \\u2013 a study released by the US Department of Energy last week.

11:12 \\u2013 What can we do to be part of the Earth\\u2019s dramatic change towards becoming safe and clean?



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