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Originally Posted by sendler
Very hopeful but untrue. Many thermal industrial processes for carbon fuel such as cement manufacturing, are very efficient and electrification will make for little reduction in the energy required. Some transportation uses of electrification are almost three times more efficient (except for the embodied energy and raw materials of the storage medium) so a good ball park figure to wish for might be more like a 2:1 reduction in energy with the full electrification of everything. So the less than 2% of total energy from solar and wind right now would be more like 4% in that case and become actually visible on the chart. But still a very small fraction of ever replacing carbon fuels without a drastic reduction in consumption and opulent lifestyle.
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Over-optimistic complacency in the hope of a Star Trek high tech replacement to allow a minimal response is a big problem right now.
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The 'renewable' question typically resides in the realm of electric power generation.How about we start there before venturing off into other domains.
I have data in the pipeline that I'm assembling for future posts.