The author concludes “The powers engineers must know that net zero is simply impossible.”
I’m not sure about that. I’m a power engineer who graduated in ME in 1973 and spent most of my career in power. Today’s “power engineers” probably are unable to perform the simple calculations presented by the author nor understand them. Or they are too cowed to speak up for fear of getting fired. Very few or none are willing to tell the Emperor he is not wearing any clothes. There is too much corrupting money in “green” power and no money in telling the world or utility execs that coal, natural gas, and nuclear are the only answer.
It’s the same phenomena that brought down SVB...way too much “free” government money chasing useless “green” and “climate” products that nobody wants to buy.
Net Zero is possible if everything shuts down. Then we all become medieval.