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Originally Posted by sendler
I think you must be still conflating total primary ENERGY with total ELECTRICITY. Which is only a small part of the total energy the world uses...So we see a defensive reply that we have also seen many times before, that a chart from 2017 is totally outdated. Which it is not. Only one year has passed and growth of World energy consumption is still far outpacing actual added solar and wind PRODUCTION (which is also constantly conflated with added CAPACITY). There is only 1 year newer data possible. And please see that the newest chart that I just posted just came out for Germany and is showing the 2018 (we are still in 2019 by the way so there is no way to get a newer annual total) total primary energy by source. They are a World leader in spending per capita on solar and wind buildout and are now up to 4.6% of their ENERGY consumption from these sources. We are being admonished by the strikers to 'Tell the truth". Facts are facts.
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Capacity is contextual and conditional,and meaningless without a discussion of current load.The power requirement to satisfy current load is not set in cement.And since much of current load is horrifically inefficient,and or expendable,we could be doing the same tasks with less overall energy,if it were a priority.All statistical charts misrepresent potentialities afforded with off-the-shelf technology.