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Podcast: Energy Gang
Episode: Debate: Can America Get to 100% Renewable Energy?
Description: In 2008, when Al Gore called for America to get 100 percent from its electricity from renewables in 10 years, he was widely mocked by opponents. Even supporters who understood it was a rhetorical point quietly knew how difficult it would be to achieve.
But suppose the timeframe were stretched out to 2050. Would it really be that crazy? Some models show it’s possible; skeptics say the models are widely unrealistic.
This week, in place of the Energy Gang, we feature a debate between two experts on the issue.
Mark Jacobson, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University faces off ag...