Wants to wean the US off Coal and
Oil
A non-profit organisation run by Google has unveiled a $4.4 trillion
plan to cut the use of fossil fuels by 2030.
According to an online posting
by Google’s climate and energy technology manager Jeffery Greenblatt Clean
Energy 2030 is designed to provide "a potential path to weaning the U.S. off of
coal and oil for electricity generation by 2030.
Greenblatt said that the
plan would cost $4.4 trillion to implement, it could result in savings of $1
trillion over its 22-year span. Google has has invested in a number of
companies developing alternative energy technologies, in part to develop more
efficient ways to power the outfit’s many data centres.