= Open Source Decarbonization - Professor = Joshua Pearce - presents the case that = open source hardware - can play a major role to rapidly decarbonize human civilization - This is because = open source hardware - innovation happens a lot more rapidly and the designs are scalable to the most marginalized people on the planet - = HardwareX - is a new journal dedicated to rapidly disseminating open hardware designs - A template is provided that if followed, essentially allows you to publish in the journal - All normal fees are waived to incentify the spread of Open Source Decarbonization hardware designs

= ABSTRACT: - The world is facing a = climate emergency. - We must reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and their export and, instead, develop renewable and efficient energy. - electrification of heating with : heat pumps - can radically reduce natural gas use, - electrical vehicles cut the need for oil, - energy efficiency and renewable energy can help meet the greater demand this electrification causes, - while cutting coal and natural gas use, carbon emissions and resultant climate destabilization.

• = Free and open source hardware design has proven to be an effective method to
  • increase innovation and decrease costs of equipment and products
  • over a wide range of industries.
• It can accelerate
  • practical action
  • implementation of policies and strategies to reduce our use of coal, oil and gas.
• We explain the power of open source to:
  • improve the performance and decrease the costs
  • of decarbonization technologies.
• Refer to the = HardwareX - special issue on = Open Source Decarbonization for a Sustainable World
  • www.journals.elsevier.com/hardwarex/forthcoming-special-issues/special-issue-on-open-source-decarbonization-for-a-sustainable-world

= TITLE: = Open source decarbonization - for a sustainable world