The Path to Decarbonize Australia
Australia is a country of abundant beauty and abundant resources. As predicted by climate science, we are one of the first countries seeing the drastic effects of climate change. We are vulnerable to an unstable global climate. Our reefs are dying and our forests are burning.
For many, it feels like an impossible problem, but we need to switch our thinking: the only thing we are lacking in is imagination and ambition. Without a doubt, Australia could be the first country in the world to completely decarbonize. We have a mild climate, ample renewable resources, a comparatively wealthy and healthy economy, and a hard-working and well-trained workforce.
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Solving Climate Change With a Loan
Solutions to climate change are readily available, at a lower cost than is widely believed — but only if we think about how to finance 21st-century infrastructure instead of doubling down on troubled and broken 20th-century ideas of bridges, roads, and power lines.
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Going Soft: Taking (Un)design Cues from Nature
Standing in front of SpaceX’s newest rocket a few weeks ago, Elon Musk gave a captive audience a valuable insight into what, at first blush, may seem like a counterintuitive way to think about design.
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The Care Cube: Fast, Cheap, and Effective Ebola-fighting Solutions with a Human Touch
Otherlab’s Care Cube—a portable, disposable, and low-cost negative pressure unit that one person can inflate in just a few minutes—makes it possible to respond quickly, and all but eliminates the need for cumbersome hazmat suits.
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How do we decarbonize?
We don’t need a miracle. Everything we need to solve climate change is already here.
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The Case for Ambitious Energy R&D in the U.S.
You need consistent long term funding at much much higher levels than you have today if you want the US to have the world-class bench in energy technology.
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The Green New Deal: The enormous opportunity in shooting for the moon.
Decarbonizing with massive electrification will bring about a new American abundance.
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US Energy Flow Super Sankey
In 2017, Otherlab was contracted by the Advanced Research Project Agency of the Department of Energy (ARPA-e) to review all available energy data sources and create an ultra-high resolution picture of the U.S. energy economy.
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1,000 Cheeseburgers: A New Map of America’s Daily Energy Use
Every day the average American uses the same amount of energy that he or she would get from eating 1,000 cheeseburgers. That’s the equivalent of all Americans consuming 320 billion burgers worth of energy every 24 hours.
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