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Originally Posted by sendler
How so???
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How much less? So if we magically cut primary energy consumption in half tomorrow, we would be at 4% from solar and wind with installed storage still not a visible percentage an any chart.
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Do not forget that most energy is embodied into civilization infrastructure and food production. Every massive efficiency transition is estimated to eventually buy us 1/2. Eventually. Theoretically.
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So far to go. So little liquid fuel to get there.
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An initial examination could take place at a local shopping mall.
Go to one,and walk through every store and see if you couldn't live without virtually everything for sale,then walk outside and look at all the cars in the parking lot, and consider the fuel consumed to get to the mall,to purchase nothing that anyone needed.
Then extrapolate that amount,nationwide,and you'll get a sense of some of the waste in the USA.