[ExI] Wind, solar could provide 99.9% of ALL POWER by 2030

[BillK]

On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Keith Henson wrote:
> What they don't mention is that fossil fuel is expected to go up
> several times as expensive as it is today.  If you don't mind paying
> ten times as much for power, that's OK.  Of course the consequences
> are a huge die off because fuel and food are tightly connected.
>

They don't expect to be using much fossil fuel by 2030. That's the
point of replacing it with wind and solar.
And they compare to today's fossil fuel costs.

Another report from the authors is here:
<http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2013/dec/renewable-energy-121012.html>

They have done a few new things in their calculations that seem to
make them much more acceptable.


BillK