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The Myth of Renewable Energy
Harperdog writes to this "Excellent piece by Dawn Stover about what renewables can and can't do. The sun and wind may be practically inexhaustible, but 'renewable' energy isn't. Solar, wind, and geothermal power are not fundamentally different from other energy technologies that consume finite natural resources. Good reading for anyone who thinks they know how to combat climate change."
Less people == eco-friendly
If there were only a billion or so humans around, we could dump pretty much anything we wanted, anywhere we wanted, and it would never matter. Certainly with current technology, we could truly conserve the planet.
So the problem is figuring out how to murder about 6-10 billion humans over the next few decades without wrecking the global economy.
This report does not prove your point.All it does is to bust, or to try to bust the myth that Hummer is more eco friendly than Prius, by questioning the used methodologies and statistic data. But, what about the regular ford and regular prius driven by regular Joe? What about the battery pack that needs to be replaced every 1-2 year? What about the limited mileage per charge? And, finally, what about the reduced free space, that is already occupied by all these heavy batteries? Translated, Prius is not a family car, it is, how to say, "posh" car? So why should the regular fella buy and use such a car!!!!