Wind and Solar combine for only 6%. It looks like lots of money and economic damage for little gain.
My first thought was what does it cost? Even if net zero is attainable, which has yet to be proven on a large scale, will it be affordable, or will only the John Kerrys and Klaus Schwabs be able to afford it? With the rest of us to be confined in the 15 minute gulags? In the new world, we should ask “what could go right?”
“Wind and Solar combine for only 6%. It looks like lots of money and economic damage for little gain.”
On top of that, unless you have HUGE storage batteries, you only get that power when weather conditions permit, whereas with fossil fuels, the ‘storage’ are the huge natural gas tanks and piles of coal...and can be accessed whenever needed.
As to the future, it seems we’ll all be pushed into having access to electricity when it is available, rather than the 24/7 access we’re all used to. Then it will be up to us - store power (really energy) when it is available for use when power is not available, or sit in the dark. Of course you can also have backup generators, but hurry up, as they’ll be outlawed sooner, rather than later.
It will be our choice as to how to deal with our future, but if you want to see an example of that, look at South Africa, where power now is available for only about 12 hours per day and there’s a phone app so you know when you’ll be shut off (with on/off durations being on the order of 4 to 6 hours).