> In contrast, wind seems to already be making 10 percent of the US demand[4], versus solars 2 percent. The numbers can be misleading; I'm not suggesting that

> In contrast, wind seems to already be making 10 percent of the US demand[4], versus solars 2 percent. The numbers can be misleading; I'm not suggesting that jldugger doesn't understand this, just that I find the numbers and the way they are quoted a bit confusing. If we look at primary energy consumption by source from the US Energy Information Agency we see [1] that for 2021 the US used 98 quads of energy. The breakdown into primary energy consumption by source for 2021 is 77 quads from fossil fuels 8 quads from nuclear 5 quads from biomass 3.3 quads from wind 2 quads from hydro 1.5 quads from solar =========================== 98 quads total These number are rounded, see original for details (quad == Quadrillion BTU). It appears to me that wind plus solar are providing close to 5% of US consumption of energy. [1] https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/browser/index.php?tbl=T01.03#/?f=A&start=1949&end=2021&charted=13 https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/browser/index.php?tbl=T...