Gladwyn d’Souza<p>The researchers say switching to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/renewable" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>renewable</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>energy</span></a> would avoid <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/utility" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>utility</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/gridblackouts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>gridblackouts</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/save" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>save</span></a> consumers trillions of dollars. One of the main reasons for that finding is that the combustion-based <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/energysystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>energysystems</span></a> most countries rely require a lot of energy just to function. In switching to a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/clean" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>clean</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/renewableenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>renewableenergy</span></a> system, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Jacobson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Jacobson</span></a> states that worldwide energy <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/usage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>usage</span></a> would go down by 56% immediately.<br />@dangerranger35 @mzjacobson @brianvad @christianonre @davetoke @dorfman_p @simonahac @drsimevans @rharrabin We can do it!</p><p>Switching the world to 100% <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> will cost $62 trillion, but the payback would take just 6 years, writes Professor Mark Jacobson @mzjacobson</p><p>Please read when you have time</p><p><a href="https://t.co/ypYvO7d5OD" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.co/ypYvO7d5OD</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://bird.makeup/users/profstrachan/statuses/1684718732063432704" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bird.makeup/users/profstrachan</span><span class="invisible">/statuses/1684718732063432704</span></a></p>