I don't see people rushing into uranium and thorium power, nor, do I see fusion coming along in two decades. For spaceflight, yes, for commercial power, we just don't seem to be lucky with the physics of the universe. Perhaps new discoveries about stellar formation might finally boost things along, in 100 years. People are way too afraid of fission, and lets face it, its costs a bitch. Wind and sun are the only thing going forward, that seems with the grasp of the species, if only because theres lots of it out there to be harvested, and the price is right. What's killing it are 2 things. One is storage tech, for nights, wintertime, summer storms, smog. We need cheap reliable storage tech, plus we need quick transmission lines to pipe it where needed. The Germans developed some kind of closed cycle wind, sun, and methane (nat gas) for the inclement days. Sounds doable, and likely, affordable.
Only 13.2% of the total amount of electricity that the USA uses comes from renewable sources, of that only .8% comes from solar; so 0.1% of the total electrical needs of the USA comes from solar, and it wouldn't be even that high if it wasn't for ridiculous and unsustainable government subsidies. And electricity isn't the only part of the energy pie. John K Clark -----Original Message----- From: John Clark <[email protected]> To: everything-list <[email protected]> Sent: Sat, Jul 12, 2014 1:57 pm Subject: Re: How will air travel work in a green solar economy? On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 1:33 PM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List <[email protected]> wrote: > naturally, you are entitled to your opinions Thanks, and you are entitled to my opinions too. > however they do not seem to be supported by statistics, Take a look at this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_the_United_States Only 13.2% of the total amount of electricity that the USA uses comes from renewable sources, of that only .8% comes from solar; so 0.1% of the total electrical needs of the USA comes from solar, and it wouldn't be even that high if it wasn't for ridiculous and unsustainable government subsidies. And electricity isn't the only part of the energy pie. John K Clark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
