[MCN] How well will we wade through this renewable energy dilemma when many are still unaware of it?

[Lance Olsen]

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bigthink.com › technology-innovation › renewable-ene... <https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/renewable-energy-dirty-mining>
The dirty side of renewable energy  <https://bigthink.com/technology-innovation/renewable-energy-dirty-mining>
Jul 29, 2019 - Clean technologies rely on a wide range of metals sourced from unsustainable mining. Mineral extraction damages local communities and ...

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Report: Going 100% renewable power means a lot of dirty ... <https://grist.org/article/report-going-100-renewable-power-means-a-lot-of-dirty-mining/>
grist.org › article › report-going-100-renewable-power-... <https://grist.org/article/report-going-100-renewable-power-means-a-lot-of-dirty-mining/>
Apr 17, 2019 - Report: Going 100% renewable power means a lot of dirty mining ... The list of metals used in the production of renewable energy is long.

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Consumer Demand for Clean Energy ... - Bloomberg <https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-04-22/consumer-demand-for-clean-energy-significantly-increases>
www.bloomberg.com › press-releases › consumer-dem... <https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-04-22/consumer-demand-for-clean-energy-significantly-increases>
Apr 22, 2019 - April 22, 2019 Renewable energy is now the dominant customer choice for the nation's power supply. Over 40% of consumers now prefer ...

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100% renewable energy: the public wants it, and quick - Vox <https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/9/14/17853884/utilities-renewable-energy-100-percent-public-opinion>
www.vox.com › energy-and-environment › utilities-ren... <https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/9/14/17853884/utilities-renewable-energy-100-percent-public-opinion>
Oct 11, 2018 - Utilities have a problem: the public wants 100% renewable energy, and quick ... 

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Consumer Demand for Renewable Energy - Scott Amyx <https://scottamyx.com/2019/02/15/strong-demand-for-renewable-energy/>
scottamyx.com › 2019/02/15 › strong-demand-for-rene... <https://scottamyx.com/2019/02/15/strong-demand-for-renewable-energy/>
Feb 15, 2019 - Consumers are demanding clean, renewable energy from their utilities. According to Xcel Energy, their customers want to pursue 100 percent ...

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“That social influences shape every person’s practices, judgments and beliefs is a truism to which anyone will readily assent."

“How, and to what extent, do social forces constrain people’s opinions and attitudes? This question is especially pertinent in our day.”

Solomon E. Asch. Opinions and Social Pressure.

Scientific American. November 1955

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“Thirty-five years ago, Yale psychologist Irving Janis published an essay in the Yale Alumni Magazine explaining how a group of intelligent people working together to solve a problem can sometimes arrive at the worst possible answer.”

"Members consider loyalty to the group the highest form of morality.”

“Nobody today says, My area is groupthink. But what emerged subsequent to groupthink was an area called "judgment and decision making," which is one of the most important areas in all of psychology. In fact Danny Kahneman won the 2002 Nobel Prize based on his research into how rational people make irrational decisions.

Philip Zimbardo '59PhD
Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Stanford University

https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/1947/a-brief-history-of-groupthink





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