From the article linked in the first post:
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"Merely generating the relatively small proportion of our energy that we consume today in the form of electricity is already an insuperably difficult task for renewables: generating huge amounts more on top to carry out the tasks we do today using fossil-fuelled heat isn't even vaguely plausible."
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"Even if one were to electrify all of transport, industry, heating and so on, so much renewable generation and balancing/storage equipment would be needed to power it that astronomical new requirements for steel, concrete, copper, glass, carbon fibre, neodymium, shipping and haulage etc etc would appear."
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"The scale of the building would be like nothing ever attempted by the human race."
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We need to start now. As a One World Race. And focus the current 200 years of remaining fossil fuel energy wealth immediately toward a complete revamping (
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We are going to need some mighty long extension cords to power enough electric machinery to replace our fossil fuel powered farming equipment. We have 200 years. Will we do it?