State faces heavy lifting to become carbon neutral, but it can be done

April 20, 2022

Recognizing the existential threat posed by climate change, California resolved to become carbon neutral by 2045, meaning that in the span of a single generation, the world’s fifth-largest economy aspires to remove as much carbon from the atmosphere as it produces. How we get there in an affordable and equitable way while keeping clean and reliable electricity flowing is one of the most consequential policy questions of our time.

Diversity is key. The optimal path, given what’s known today, is a decarbonization framework centered around expedited electrification, many different types of emissions-free electric generators, along with many clean-burning fuels, such as clean hydrogen. (Hydrogen, when consumed, produces water. It can be made from natural gas, nuclear power, biomass, and solar and wind power.)

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