{"id":2773,"date":"2020-09-30T09:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xenetwork.org\/ets\/?post_type=xen_episodes&#038;p=2773"},"modified":"2020-11-09T08:42:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T16:42:24","slug":"episode-131-decarbonizing-the-us-by-2050","status":"publish","type":"xen_episodes","link":"https:\/\/xenetwork.org\/ets\/episodes\/episode-131-decarbonizing-the-us-by-2050\/","title":{"rendered":"[Episode #131] \u2013 Decarbonizing the US by 2050"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is it possible to decarbonize the economy of the United States, and get to net-zero emissions by 2050? A team of researchers from 15 countries who are part of the Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project think so, based on their deep modeling of the US economy as part of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN). We introduced this work at a high level in <a href=\"https:\/\/xenetwork.org\/ets\/episodes\/episode-129-deep-decarbonization-policy-for-the-us\/\">Episode #129<\/a>, during our conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, the Director of the SDSN. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the modeling itself with one of the modelers involved in the project. We\u2019ll look at the specific energy technologies, devices, and grid management strategies that will make decarbonization by 2050 possible, and see why they think that decarbonizing the US is not only achievable by 2050, but practical, and very, very affordable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to modeling by the UN, decarbonizing the economy of the United States, and getting to net-zero emissions by 2050, is not only possible but 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