Author: Xufei Shen
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Can a Small Nudge Make a Big Impact on Household Energy Efficiency?
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As America’s policymakers grapple with ways to reduce the nation’s carbon footprint, one often-overlooked area is ripe for improvement: household energy consumption. According to the Department of Energy, about 22 percent of energy consumed in the United States in 2016 was used by residential households. Yet, while residential energy consumption…
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How electrification will replace fossil fuels and change the future
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Electrification, defined as replacing carbon-emitting fuels with electricity as a primary energy source to provide a similar service, is often considered a critical tactic in the fight against climate change. The process of electrification may be the globe’s best option in satisfying increasing energy demand while simultaneously decreasing humanity’s carbon…
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With the Right Government Incentives, Electric Vehicle Adoption Could Rise
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Over the past decade, the trend of switching to electricity as a power source for everything from cars to space heaters has garnered much attention. With electricity now increasingly being generated from renewable energy sources, the electrification of transportation offers an attractive approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and potentially…