Reinventing Fire
REINVENTING FIRE Blueprint to the new energy era Business can become more competitive, profitable, and resilient by leading the transformation from fossil fuel to efficiency and renewables. This transition will build a stronger economy, a more secure nation, and a healthier environment. TODAY 35% 26% 22% America gets 90% of its energy from oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear. Our aging infrastructure demands refurbishment to meet 21st OIL NATURAL COAL NUCLEAR BIOMASS HYDRO OTHER century needs. GAS RENEWABLES SHARE OF U.S. PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION EXCLUDING FEEDSTOCKS. TOTAL ADDS TO 101% DUE TO ROUNDING. FOREIGN OIL TRANSPORTATION ELECTRICITY Every day, moving people and goods burns million barrels of oil – costing 86 MALL of U.S. electricity 13 is generated from natural gas, coal, and nuclear in large, centralized power plants. BUILDINGS American drivers $2 billion directly and $4 billion in America's 120 million INDUSTRY buildings consume % of the 42% 76% additional hidden of the nation's costs industrial energy – more than any other sector, and more than any country sector's energy use comes from fossil fuels. but China and the U.S. KEY DRIVERSTO CHAN GE • Superefficient end use • Diverse, largely distributed, renewable-dominated supply • Smart, secure, resilient grid · Full competition between investment options · Fast, broad, transparent markets • Utilities' and customers' incentives aligned • Wide adoption of energy-efficient technologies • Ultralight low-drag autos · Electrified autos • Productive vehicle use • Superefficient trucks and planes · Advanced biofuels needing no cropland • Revenue-neutral feebates Wide adoption of energy-efficient technologies Easy-to-use, IT-based controls • Integrative design • Next-generation codes and equipment standards Easy-to-access, low-cost financing • Valuing non-energy benefits Integrative design • Thorough use of cogeneration • Fuel-switching • Dematerialization and closed material cycles • Revolutions in biomimicry & additive manufacturing 2050 Efficiency and renewables can end our addiction to fossil fuels, create 23% 26% 43% 4% 4% the core industries of the new energy era, generate $5 trillion in new economic value, and enhance resilience and security. HYDRO HYDROGEN NON-CROPLAND NATURAL WIND, SOLAR, AND BIOFUELS GAS OTHER RENEWABLES SHARE OF U.S. PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION. <<<<<<<
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