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So🐻 with me, your peer review is valuable.
"Societal preference" is certainly an obstacle, but we are running out of options. From AR5:
Solar Power Europe is a lobby group for solar businesses aiming "to ensure that more energy is generated by solar than any other energy source by 2030"
That's ok, we need that! Down with coal, more clean power.Great!😍🥰
twitter.com/SolarPowerEU
Can you spot it?
Yes, lots of legit solar businesses, but that six legged dog w/ fiery breath is Eni.com. It is a new name for a multinational natural gas&oil giant Agip.
What??
Yes, it IS a photo of wind turbine on fire, powered by natural gas.
Great marketing huh? Talk about #greenwashing
Here is a very good summary and example from USA.
forbes.com/sites/jamescon…
researchgate.net/publication/32…
energy.gov/ne/articles/wh…
Batteries have low energy density, and all we've seen so far is incremental progress.We need them, but they are but a piece o/ puzzle.
about.bnef.com/blog/energy-st…
Because this is where it becomes cringe and really unpleasant.
On the 13th of May prof Christian Breyer from LUT (coauthor of the report) was invited by German @FridayForFuture to do an online lecture.
Notice the familiar logo?
First look to the underlying assumptions. 100%RE is possible if we build ourselves 3 PWh of storage.
Thank you.