A LETTER FROM 2050

IMAGINE IT’S 2050.

Almost every car is electric. They zip around powered by renewable energy. They're faster and more responsive. They're more fun.

You cook with induction. It's safer, more precise, and better for indoor air quality. It's like cooking with magic.

In fact, all your gas appliances are gone. For the first time, nobody died all year from carbon monoxide poisoning in the U.S. in 2049. Diseases like childhood asthma, and premature deaths from indoor pollution, are plummeting.

You have replaced your furnace and A/C with a heat pump. It has a variable speed fan, so the temperature and humidity are exactly what you want, always. Electricity costs are stable so you know what to expect on your bill.

Your water is heated with a heat pump too. It uses a fraction of the energy of an old-school electric water heater. It even helps cool your house in the summer.

Your life is generally better, cleaner, and safer. Heck, it's cheaper. The average person saves $2,000-$3,000 per year compared to the fossil fuel days of their parents and grandparents.

Kids are doing better in school due to improved air quality. Cars and lawn tools are simpler machines. They're easier and cheaper to fix. Sure our homes are efficient and well-built, but we're not so worried about energy efficiency; there's a huge abundance of renewable energy on the grid.

Our lives are just... better. And this abundance has touched every life; nobody has been excluded.

So, how did we get here? Was it the eco-friendly detergent or the compostable dog poop bags? Was it all the times you planned ahead so you didn't have to take two trips to the store? Was it the time you told the waitress you don't need a straw, thank you very much? Spoiler: It was none of those things.

As Rewiring America co-founder Saul Griffith says, “There are a few decisions that really matter: where you choose to live, how you power your home, and what you drive."

We got here by making a few key decisions about our homes, our cars, and our appliances, starting in 2023. Of course, the utilities did the right thing, by bolstering the grid and flooding it with clean, renewable energy. But average Americans deserve a lot of credit, too. After building our whole, incredible, impressive civilization up with fossil fuels, we transitioned to electricity. We got creative, and we supported each other.

This is the story of how we electrified our lives. We're right at the beginning of that story today. Together, we can build a world that serves everyone.

Want to chat about the part you play in this story? Email Will at william@greenprojectsgroup.com and let’s start electrifying our shared future.