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“The future of renewable energy is obscured by ignorance, noise, ideology, and all sorts of misconceptions. Our Renewable Future describes the reality: the transition is possible, but it won’t be easy.”
But what it shines on will look very different. The truth is, to make the transition away from fossil fuels successfully we’re going to need to re-think and re-tool how we use energy—and how much we use—not just its source. After all, we built the modern world to suit the unique characteristics of fossil fuels. By necessity, our renewable future will require us to live differently.
This transition affords us a tremendous opportunity—to live more sustainably, equitably, and meaningfully—but only if we’re honest and courageous about what’s required.
Today, Post Carbon Institute is thrilled to announce the launch of a sweeping new project that has been in the works for the last year. Our Renewable Future: Laying the Path for One Hundred Percent Clean Energy, written by Fellows Richard Heinberg and David Fridley, is a must-read, crucial resource for policymakers, energy and climate activists, and concerned citizens alike as we approach the inevitable transition to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources.
The book has also been made available freely in its entirety atOurRenewableFuture.org. The website also dives into an exploration of how energy is embedded in many aspects of modern life, and will feature a series of thought-provoking discussions with leading thinkers about what the future of food, the economy, consumerism, economic justice and equity, buildings, infrastructure and urban design, and technology might look like in a post-fossil fuel future.
We are headed to a renewable energy future whether we’re ready or not. Depending on how quickly and intelligently we move the transition along, daily life could improve or deteriorate significantly, but it will never be the same. We don’t have time to sit idly by as the world shifts around us. Won’t youjoin us as we begin to shape our renewable future by embracing the energy challenges that lie ahead?