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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damian Carrington Environment editor

‘No miracles needed’: Prof Mark Jacobson on how wind, sun and water can power the world

Wind turbines in California
Wind turbines in California. ‘We have wind, solar, geothermal, hydro, electric cars … We have 95% of the technologies right now that we need to solve the problem,’ says Jacobson. Photograph: Robert Alexander/Getty Images

“Combustion is the problem – when you’re continuing to burn something, that’s not solving the problem,” says Prof Mark Jacobson.

The Stanford University academic has a compelling pitch: the world can rapidly get 100% of its energy from renewable sources with, as the title of his new book says, “no miracles needed”.

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