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Old 10-17-2018, 01:12 PM   #3243 (permalink)
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scale of consumption

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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
These charts include all of the possible "striving" for wind and solar. The problem is that the scale of our consumption dwarfs the build out of alternatives due to their very poor density. World solar and wind is still less than 2% of total energy. Can't even mention storage.
Please bear in mind that this level of consumption is contextual,conditional.
With the stroke of a pen,it could be curtailed drastically.
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