{"product_id":"electrify-griffith-0262046237","title":"Electrify by Saul Griffith","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElectrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eby Saul Griffith\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn optimistic—but realistic and feasible—action plan for fighting climate change while creating new jobs and a healthier environment: electrify everything.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClimate change is a planetary emergency.\u003c\/strong\u003e We have to do something now—but what?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSaul Griffith has a plan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eElectrify\u003c\/em\u003e, Griffith lays out a detailed blueprint—optimistic but feasible—for fighting climate change while creating millions of new jobs and a healthier environment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGriffith’s plan can be summed up simply: electrify everything. He explains exactly what it would take to transform our infrastructure, update our grid, and adapt our households to make this possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBillionaires may contemplate escaping our worn-out planet on a private rocket ship to Mars, but the rest of us, Griffith says, will stay and fight for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGriffith, an engineer and inventor, calls for grid neutrality, ensuring that households, businesses, and utilities operate as equals; we will have to rewrite regulations that were created for a fossil-fueled world, mobilize industry as we did in World War II, and offer low-interest “climate loans.” Griffith’s plan doesn’t rely on big, not-yet-invented innovations, but on thousands of little inventions and cost reductions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe can still have our cars and our houses—but the cars will be electric and solar panels will cover our roofs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a world trying to bounce back from a pandemic and economic crisis, there is no other project that would create as many jobs—up to twenty-five million, according to one economic analysis. Is this politically possible?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe can change politics along with everything else.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48523290870075,"sku":"0262046237","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780262046237.jpg?v=1737011025","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/electrify-griffith-0262046237","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}