Clean Energy and Climate Stabilization
will be a Huge Job Creator
as the Economy Rebounds
The current global crisis due to the fast-spreading and deadly Covid-19 has brought a halt to most of the large operations that were fuelled by fossil fuels in most parts of the globe. The halting of these operations has, in return, led to a significant reduction in carbon dioxide and other emissions into the atmosphere, such as greenhouse gas emissions. However, the reduction in emissions has resulted in a cleaner and less polluted atmosphere, which is evident, as shown by recent NASA satellite images of China. The images show that emissions in China have dropped by about 25% due to the lockdown implemented in its ma jor cities as a public health measure.
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he NASA images are a perfect representative of what the future could look like if powered by clean energy. The images also prove that it is possible to achieve climate stabilization if we embark on using clean energy to fuel our daily activities. The fight for clean energy and climate stabilization has been going on even before the coronavirus hit the world. The previous fight to stabilize the climate through the use of clean energy has always proved to be in vain. It took a global pandemic for the world to realize that it is possible to stabilize our climate. Our leaders only need to come together and fix a few flaws, with one of the flaws being the massive use of fossil fuels. Several individuals, such as Tom Steyer, have been in the frontline in the efforts to come up with clean energy sources to replace the use of fossil fuels. Steyer is a wealthy former hedge fund manager who turned into a
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climate change activist. Steyer later run for a presidential nomination under the Democratic Party with a progressive platform comprising of eliminating global warming emissions through massive investments in clean energy. In recent times before the pandemic, the use of clean energy had already picked momentum. It was already a ma jor source of employment to thousands of people in the U.S. But with the current economic situation, the story is changing. In March alone, the clean energy sector has laid off more than 100,000 employees countrywide including 20,000 individuals from California. However, on a normal occasion, clean energy sector employs more people that the fossil fuels sector. A report by the E2 shows that clean energy has outnumbered fossil fuel workers in a ratio of 3:1. Recently, Steyer was engaged in an interview with the L.A Times, concerning how the ambitious clean energy programs might help THE POWER IS NOW MAGAZINE | JUNE 2020
