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  • 1 - What Problems Are We Trying to Solve?

  • Mark Z. Jacobson, Stanford University, California
  • Book:
    No Miracles Needed
    Published online:
    02 February 2023
    Print publication:
    02 February 2023, pp 1-19
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    Why do we want to transition all of our energy to clean, renewable energy? Why don’t we just continue burning fossil fuels until they run out, which may be in 50 to 150 years? For three major reasons. Namely, fossil fuels today cause massive air pollution health damage, climate damage, and risks to our energy security. These three problems require immediate and drastic solutions. The longer we wait to solve these problems, the more the accumulated damage. This chapter examines each problem, in turn.