Melissa Lott: [00:00:01] Nearly 1.5 billion around the world. That’s how many vehicles are on the roads right now. How many of these fossil fuel powered engines can we switch to electricity by 2035? And what would it take to convert zero carbon electricity into fuels like empower our factories, trucks and planes? Can we actually set carbon dioxide right out of the atmosphere? And should we. I’m Dr. Melissa Long and I’m the host of the Big Switch podcast from the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University. And I’m asking questions about the massive shift that’s happening right now all around us and touching every part of our lives. To slow climate change, we need to transform our transportation industry, buildings and economy as quickly as possible. But how do we do it right? How do we make these energy systems more sustainable and healthier for all of us? You don’t have to be an energy expert to follow along. In the first five episodes, we talked about our electricity system, the power grid, and now we have a whole nother year of episodes coming up. We’re going to explain how to make the big switch in every other sector of the economy. The first episode drops on Monday, October 25th. New episodes will come out every other Wednesday, so whatever app you use, search the big switch and hit the subscribe button. [00:00:01][0.0]
We have a whole year of episodes coming up.
In the first five episodes of The Big Switch, we talked about cleaning up our electricity system–the power grid.
Next, host Dr. Melissa Lott will talk with experts about how to transform every other sector of the economy, including transportation, industry and buildings.
To slow climate change, we need to transform our buildings, our homes, cars, and the economy as quickly as possible. But how do we do it right?
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On June 1, 2023, Dr. Melissa Lott, Director of Research and Senior Research Scholar, testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on electric reliability in the United States.
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