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Renewable Energy Growth in Perspective
Energy Matters ^ | July 14, 2014 | Roger Andrews

Posted on 07/21/2014 11:17:18 AM PDT by CedarDave

Renewable energy, particularly wind and solar, continues to set records for electicity generation and installed capacity in many parts of the world, and as shown in Figure 1 wind and solar growth in recent years has indeed been quite spectacular:

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If decarbonization is to be achieved by expanding renewables the expansion will have to come in wind, solar and biomass. So let’s take hydro out and see how far growth in wind, solar and biomass has carried us along the decarbonization path so far:

Clearly they still have a long way to go.

(Excerpt) Read more at euanmearns.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Science
KEYWORDS: climatechange; energy; greenenergy; renewableenergy; renewables; solarenergy; windenergy
What is to be said, except to agree with the writer. In the meantime renewables cost more, take up more land, defile the landscape and are deadly to wildlife (wind especially). Not a good tradeoff for an unproven theory that man is causing global warming and climate change.


1 posted on 07/21/2014 11:17:18 AM PDT by CedarDave
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To: CedarDave

The wind turbine and solar markets are driven entirely — entirely — by tax credits. Without them, no one would be doing a wind or solar project, period. It is a completely artificial market.


2 posted on 07/21/2014 11:20:50 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Crony capitalism at its finest.....
it all leads back to the regime.


3 posted on 07/21/2014 11:21:43 AM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: CedarDave
LOL!

Every trick in the book is used to try to make the scam look good.
Specially when one critical and important factor is left out.

How much conventional energy was used to create the "renewable" energy infrastructure, and how much does it cost to maintain it?

And never, not ever, is the delivered unsubsidized cost per megawatt to the consumer stated, or even hinted at.
Until that happens routinely, it remains a horrendously expensive scam.

I'm waiting for CO2, the basis of this huge scam, to be determined, in a U.S. Court of law, scientifically and conclusively proven to be the harm the alarmists claim.
Applying rigorously, the scientific rules of evidence and procedure long established by law.

4 posted on 07/21/2014 11:42:20 AM PDT by publius911 ( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
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To: CedarDave

Why was a blank chart posted?


5 posted on 07/21/2014 11:42:58 AM PDT by publius911 ( Politicians come and go... but the (union) bureaucracy lives and grows forever.)
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To: CedarDave

Here is a very possible answer to our energy needs: http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/04/liquid-fluoride-thorium-power-pros-cons/

If you check Youtube for information from Kirk Sorensen (anywhere from 5 minutes to 2 hours), you can begin to see the great possibilities of this LFTR (Liquid Floride Thorium Reactor) technology.


6 posted on 07/22/2014 12:39:53 PM PDT by Semper
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