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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
That 30TW, is that electrical only, not counting motor fuel or is that everything?
As of 2014 all the solar panels on earth could only produce a fraction of the power Japan uses. So solar panels are not the answer.
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17 TW average continuous currently is stated to be all energy consumed right now. Not sure if this is counting some of the electrical energy twice. ie stating the fossil fuel used to create it at 40% efficiency and then also the electricity itself. Might be 17TW. might be 14 TW. Either way it is an astronomical number. 2% growth represents a doubling every 70 years. And I'm sure there are a vast majority of developing countries (more than 1/2 the current population) that are demanding much more than 2% increases/ year in standard of living/ energy use. And then there is the predicted 30% increase in world population by 2050. All of which will be in currently underdeveloped countries where there is already no food or water and India. It's a mess. Most politicians don't even want us talking about this. I wonder if the black van came to take Tom Murphy away.
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https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2011/07/g...-scale-energy/
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