ENERGY FACTS

This is a list of all the facts, graphs, and quick insights referenced by articles and the book manuscript.

ENERGY FACTS - BY GRAPH

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LED costs drop as volume increases

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The cost of solar by 2040

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The cost of solar dropped 86% in 10 years

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Solar jobs created per MW

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Weather-related outages

natural gas was the main culprit in the Texas black out

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Texas 2021 outage facts

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Lithium-ion battery costs decline as manufacturing expands

Solar PV costs decline as manufacturing expands

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Solar PV costs decline as manufacturing expands

costs of utility commercial and residential solar

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grid outages US history Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico was the biggest

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Largest US Power Outages

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Cost of batteries is declining rapidly

graph showing the price of wind, solar, and battery dropping significantly in the past decade

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Cost of clean energy is rapidly declining

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Gov is bad at predicting solar growth

graph showing that local energy is cheaper than the grid, and the gap is widening

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Local energy is cheaper than the grid

no discernable trend between renewable energy growth and state electricity prices

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Renewable Growth vs. State Electricity Prices

clean energy now costs less than pre-existing power plants

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Clean Energy Costs Less Than Power Plants

fossil fuels have gotten more tax subsidies than solar and wind since the ITC

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US Tax Subsidies Since ITC

Commercial solar is already cheaper than the grid and the gap is widening

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Commercial Solar Has Crossed Tipping Point

Fossil Fuel Reserves will not last more than 150 years

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Fossil Fuel Reserves Becoming Unviable

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Drivers of Local Energy Adoption

Investments in renewable energy dwarf those of previous large-scale projects

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Biggest Business Opportunity in History

There are 5 orders to the value chain model for clean energy

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Energy Value Chain

The cost of solar has dropped over 400 times since 1977

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The Cost of Solar has Dropped

People are switching to local energy for cheaper prices, causing the grid to become more expensive

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The Death Spiral of Grid Defection

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Price of residential vs. grid solar

Cost per Watt to Build Solar

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Cost per Watt to Build Solar

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The price of commercial-scale solar is less than grid-based electricity

Solar emits far less toxic waste than nuclear and coal

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Toxicity of Power Plant Waste

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Solar forecast to be cheaper than wind or gas

It is cheaper to build a new solar or wind project than to operate an existing coal plant

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Cost of New Solar & Wind vs. Paid for Coal

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Renewable energy is the cheapest way to generate electricity

Water used by power plants including coal, nuclear, gas, solar, wind

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Water usage for power plants including coal, natural gas, nuclear, solar, and wind.

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Waste materials from power plants

Emissions from Generating Electricity

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Emissions from Generating Electricity

Land Required for Generating Electricity

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Land Required for Generating Electricity

Cause of US Bird Deaths

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Cause of US Bird Deaths

Graph showing US per capita electricity consumption shrinking

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US per capita Electricity Consumption Declining

US Electricity Jobs (2019)

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US Electricity Jobs (2019)

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