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US Energy Policy: The Path Forward.
National Academy of Sciences
May 19, 2004
READ IT AND WEEP!!!
I NEVER want to hear you say again that I didn't give you the citation.
You can find it at the Library of any University that teaches science.
Additionally, the most recent NAS energy study also addresses the problems with having a large
proportion of our energy capacity in renewables. I've cited this section to Kris numerous times before
but he conveniently ignores it:
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12619&page=4
However, achieving a predominant (i.e., >50 percent) level of renewable electricity penetration will require new scientific advances (e.g., in solar photovoltaics, other renewable electricity technologies, and storage technologies) and dramatic changes in how we generate, transmit, and use electricity.
The main problem above is the storage technology; we don't have it. Kris, you might also educate yourself better on
this issue by viewing the PBS Nova science program on energy from 2009 with Dr. Steven Chu saying the biggest
problem of using more wind and solar is the storage issue echoing the 2004 National Academy Study:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/energy-secretary-chu.html
"If we want to get 30 percent of our electricity from sources like wind or solar energy,
we need to solve the energy-storage problem."
As Dr Chu states; the energy storage problem is NOT solved, and until you do that,
solar, wind, and other renewables are going to be LESS THAN 30% of the mix.
PamW
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