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The “Wind and Solar Will Save Us” Delusion
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 … Continue reading
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Tagged electricity price, EROEI, Hydroelectric, photovoltaics, solar PV, wind power
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We are at Peak Oil now; we need very low-cost energy to fix it
This past week, I gave a presentation to a group interested in a particular type of renewable energy–solar energy that is deployed in space, so it would provide electricity 24 hours per day. Their question was: how low does the … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications
Tagged electricity price, financial crash, oil price, peak oil, renewable energy, solar energy
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