Transportation and Utilities Decarbonization Are The Key
62% of our carbon footprint in the US comes from the transportation and electric generation industries. Electrifying and decarbonizing commercial and residential buildings is a great step towards meeting our climate goals, but if 60% of the electricity generated to power these buildings is still coming from burning fossil fuels, we will not accomplish much in the way of carbon reduction. If public utilities aren’t incentivized to make the switch to solar, wind, hydro and nuclear, we won’t accomplish enough by decarbonizing buildings. If combustion engines aren’t eliminated in the commercial transportation sector, our supply chain will still represent a major source of carbon emissions.
Visualizing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector (visualcapitalist.com)
