California's energy future: Aggressive efficiency and electrification needed to cut emissions
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 16:30
in Mathematics & Economics
In the next 40 years, California's demand for energy is expected to double. So can it really reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, as required by an executive order? Scientists who authored a new report on California's energy future are optimistic that the target can be achieved, though not without bold policy and behavioral changes as well as some scientific innovation.