Whenever a pundit remarks that solar power is the energy source of the future, another pundit chimes in with ‘Yeah, and it always will be.’ I will try here to explain why both statements are incorrect.
Solar power will undoubtedly make a significant contribution to our energy portfolio in the future. So if you change the statement ‘the energy source of the future’ to ‘an energy source of the future’ I have no problem with it. Just change the article and I’m a happy camper.
Remember that the goal set for renewables (by which I mean new renewables without counting hydroelectric power, which was put beyond the Pale by most environmentalists, shivering alone and unloved outside with only nuclear power to keep it company) is a very reasonable 30% of electricity generation. That would amount to about 15% of total energy in most countries. Combined with wind energy…
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