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Yet wind and solar is less than 1% of the worlds energy consumption and even in 2040 its not going to be projected to more than 3%. It's pretty important to un
by ThomPete 8y ago
Yet wind and solar is less than 1% of the worlds energy consumption and even in 2040 its not going to be projected to more than 3%.
It's pretty important to understand the difference between electricity and energy. Electricity is only a small part of the entire picture.
Poor countries can't afford the rich mans toys and they are the ones who will be increasing their energy consumption dramatically.
So it's the classic of winning the battle but loosing the war.
- maxerickson 8y agoWe should hold war tight. Which projection are you using? One of the ones that is wrong (on the low side) every 3 years?
- ThomPete 8y agoIEA https://www.iea.org/weo/?fbclid=IwAR0IEeDUoV-VGjztxl5JKYaJWZXnc5MKW-8ShEffCZUEd1xufwZpdiQDCCs https://www.iea.org/weo/?fbclid=IwAR0IEeDUoV-VGjztxl5JKYaJWZ... Current energy usage is not projection and thats less than 1% globally.
- ozborn 8y agoGiven their electricity projections are so awful, why would we trust IEA for energy or anything else? They consistently underpredict renewables each year. https://cleantechnica.com/2017/09/06/iea-gets-hilariously-slammed-continuously-pessimistic-renewable-energy-forecasts/ https://cleantechnica.com/2017/09/06/iea-gets-hilariously-sl... https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/05/iea-accused-of-undermining-global-shift-from-fossil-fuels https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/05/iea-accu...
- ThomPete 8y agoAwful compared to what? Whats your better data?