"The “Wind and Solar Will Save Us” story is based on a long list of misunderstandings and apples to oranges comparisons.
Somehow, people seem to believe that our economy of 7.5 billion people can get along with a very short list of energy supplies.
This short list will not include fossil fuels.
Some would exclude nuclear, as well.
Without these energy types, we find ourselves with a short list of types of energy — what BP calls Hydroelectric, Geobiomass (geothermal, wood, wood waste, and other miscellaneous types; also liquid fuels from plants), Wind, and Solar.
Unfortunately, a transition to such a short list of fuels can’t really work.
These are a few of the problems we encounter:...
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Figure 1. World energy consumption based on data from BP 2016 Statistical Review of World Energy.
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