Electrification Could Cut Global Energy Use in Half

I only now got around to watching the Technology Connections video on renewable energy, I wish I had seen it sooner. Almost feels like it should be required viewing. I definitely thought there were nastier chemicals/compounds in solar panels and hadn't updated my knowledge on them in decades.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2ZeGM

I decarbonized my 125 year old home this summer. Cold winters here, using mini split heat pumps now for heat. Previously had oil, and 90 years ago it would have used coal. Love thinking this will be the first winter this house ever had where dirty exhaust wont be going up the chimney to keep it warm.

I swapped my hvac for an electric heat pump. My energy usage went down. Because electricity is way too expensive and I’m okay sweating a bit in the summers and wearing jackets indoors in the winters.

Discovered in https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-10-31/europe...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jSqcwxpd14

Unlikely. We'd just use the leftover energy for new things.

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