The Daily Stat: Clean Tech Takes Decades to Achieve Widespread Acceptance

Are you having trouble viewing this email? If so, click here to see it in a web browser. HOME   |   BLOGS   |   THE MAGAZINE   |   BOOKS   |   AUTHORS   |   STORE RSS   |   Mobile JANUARY 20, 2010 Clean Tech Takes Decades to Achieve Widespread Acceptance If the world is to have a hope of seriously limiting greenhouse gas emissions in the coming decades, policy makers will need to cut the time it takes for clean-energy technologies to be implemented, says Chatham House, a research organization. In the recent past, energy technologies have taken some 24 years, on average, to go from the patent stage to widespread use. Source: Chatham House (PDF) Share Today's Stat: RELATED PRODUCT Can Technology Really Save Us from Climate Change? Harvard Business Review Article To cut global emissions in half over the next 40 years, as scientists recommend, clean technologies must be rapidly rolled out on a vast scale — but in the past they have taken up to 30 years to get to the mass market. How can we speed things up and make time-to-market more predictable? ADVERTISEMENT Follow the Stat: LATEST POSTS A Better Way to Manage Knowledge The Moment Social Media Became Serious Business How to Handle Silence, the Worst Kind of Feedback Haiti and the Psychology of Charity Get the latest posts every morning! PREVIOUS STATS Business Leaders Are Out for Themselves, Americans Say Gender Diversity Policies Still Rare Lack of a Big Idea Stands in the Way of Innovation Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Industry Draws Indian Business Grads Nothing Like an In-Person Meeting When Talking About Pay Smaller Raises in 2010, but Fewer Freezes Merging Sales Forces Is a Key Step in M&A Emerging-Market Consumers Like Green Products Executives' Grim Outlook Is Only Short-Term Cell Phones and Green Products Seen As a Boon HBR Online Trial Access HBR's in-depth business archives FREE for 14 days. Register today » UNSUBSCRIBE   |   UPDATE YOUR PROFILE   |   MORE EMAIL NEWSLETTERS   |   PRIVACY POLICY Was this email forwarded to you? If so, sign up to start receiving your own copy. ABOUT THIS MAILING LIST You have received this message because you subscribed to the "The Daily Stat" email newsletter from Harvard Business Review. If at any point you wish to remove yourself from this list, change your email address, or sign up for other email newsletters and alerts, please visit the Harvard Business Review Email Newsletter Preference Center. ADVERTISE WITH HBR This enewsletter is read by thousands of decision makers every day. Learn more about connecting your brand with this audience. Copyright © 2010 Harvard Business School Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. All rights reserved. Harvard Business Publishing | 60 Harvard Way | Boston, MA 02163 Customer Service: 1-800-545-7685 (617-783-7600 outside the U.S. and Canada)