To my mind, the main point of the new paper by Caldeira and team is: we can get 80 % of our electric needs from solar, hydro, and wind power (if a low -
loss national grid is built for America).
Not exact matches
The next President must make a
national low -
loss electric
grid an imperative.
As discussed in point 4 above, the
national electricity
grid is carbon intensive; in addition there are also
losses in generating and distributing the electricity.
You say in point 6 that «the
national electricity
grid is carbon intensive; in addition there are also
losses in generating and distributing the electricity.»
The nation could do this using only technologies available right now, and by introducing a
national grid system connected by high voltage direct current (HVDC) that could get the power without
loss to those places that needed it most, when they needed it.