Coal and gas are still way bigger than oil or nukes in our grid, but my point is really just that an exponential curve can catch up with a linear one in a surprising way. 14% doubling every few years means we could be only a decade away from 100% clean energy.

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An economy that explodes with new opportunities is merely one propelled by exponential forces.

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The hope is for 1, 000 such villages by 2009, with exponential growth thereafter.

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Their argument is that the exponential growth in web usage, particularly bandwidth intensive video applications, along with the rise in infrastructure costs, means that their business has become more costly.

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"Once the infrastructure is there, once you have the proper capacity building, you can have real growth, with exponential figures, " he said.

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Given the level of opportunity that we have today, combined with our ability to bring about rapid global change through system-change and exponential technology, there is no better time to start moving than now.

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