RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:Headlines about intermittent renewables are overblownI agree on many of your items, but the big bugaboo in my mind is the huge cost of storage for non hydrocarbons or coal. At present, the world depends on huge stockpiles of coal crude and natural gas. These stocpiles represent working inventory, seasonal demand inventory and economic secutity inventory (Remember Pearl Harbour ) Hydrogen could not possibly come anywhere close to fullfilling these requirements . LNG could not possibly do it either . Not every country is blessed with accessible salt caverns As far as batteries go ,I have trouble keeping even my fitbit going for longer than a week, nevermind for months or decades (as is the case for strategic reserves )
So where does the world go from here ? My guess is from one energy crisis to another until the most dimwitted politicians finally figure out that they are the problem. I am sure that long before that , the general populace will have figured it out .
If there is ever to be a salvation, It will have to come from nuclear, not a pretty word but society's sole hope in the next century and probably a good part of this one also. Whatever you do , don't waste your time reading National Geographic articles about natural gas, Soon enough they will have articles against nuclear. Publishing photos of bare-breasted native women has become non PC.So they need to look elsewhere for sales. After they deliberately destroyed Canada's Oil industry , they will be looking for new areas of endeavour !!