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This arttcle exposes the lies of the big NGO's and the so called 'Green' parties who are telling us we can achieve with so called renewables when it is nothing more than greenwash.
Sustainability's
place in killing the living planet.
No Soil & Water Before 100% Renewable Energy
24
January, 2017
Many
say we can have 100% renewable energy by 2050. This is factually
incorrect.
We
can have 100% renewable electricity production by 2050.
But
electricity production is only 18% of total world energy demand.
82%
of total world energy demand is NOT electricity production.
The
other 82% of the world’s energy is used to extract minerals to make
roads, cement, bricks, glass, steel and grow food so we can eat and
sleep. Solar panels and wind turbines will not be making cement or
steel anytime soon. Why? Do you really want to know? Here we go.
TWED
= Total World Energy Demand
18%
of TWED is electrical grid generation.
82%
of TWED is not electrical grid generation.
In
20 years, solar & wind energy is up from 1% to 3% of TWED.
Solar
& wind power are projected to provide 6% of TWED by 2030.
When
you hear stories about solar & wind generating
50%
of all humanity’s electrical power by 2050,
that’s
really only 9% of TWED because
100%
of electrical production is 18% of TWED.
But,
it takes 10X as much solar & wind energy to close 1 fossil fuel
power plant simply because they don’t produce energy all the time.
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Link:
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That
means it will take 10 X 18% of TWED to close all fossil power plants
with intermittent power.
Research
says it will take 4 X 82% of TWED for a 100% renewable energy
transition. But then again, whoever trusts research?
10
X 18% + 4 X 82% = 100% Renewable TWED.
CONCLUSION:
We
require 10X the fossil electrical grid energy we use now just to
solve 18% of the emissions problem with solar & wind power. This
also means that even if we use 100% efficient Carbon Capture and
Storage (CCS) for all the world’s electricity generation, we would
still only prevent 18% of our emissions. 100% efficient CCS is very
unlikely. Switching to electric vehicles would only double electrical
demand while most of our roads are made out of distilled oil sludge.
These
figures do not include massive electrical storage and grid
infrastructure solar & wind require. Such infrastructure is
hundreds of millions of tons of materials taking decades to
construct, demanding even more energy and many trillions of dollars.
With that kind of money in the offing, you can see why some wax
over-enthused.
Solar
& wind systems last 30 years meaning we will always have to
replace them all over the world again 50% sooner than fossil power
plants.
Solar
and wind power are an energy trap.
It
takes 1 ton of coal to make 6-12 solar panels.
Business
As Usual = BAU
In
15 years 40% of humanity will be short of water with BAU.
In
15 years 20% of humanity will be severely short of water.
Right
now, 1 billion people walk a mile every day for water.
In
60 years humanity will not have enough soil to grow food says
Scientific American. They call it, “The End of Human Agriculture.”
Humanity’s soil is eroding and degrading away at 24 million acres
per year. And, when they say 60 years they don’t mean everything
is wonderful until the last day of the 59th year. We will feel the
heat of those words in much less than 30 years. Soil loss rates will
only increase with severe droughts, storms and low-land floods.
Here’s what BAU really looks like.
50%
of humanity’s soil will be gone in 30 years.
50%
of humanity will lack water in 30 years.
50%
of humanity will go hungry in 30 years.
A
100% TWED transition takes 50 years minimum. It is a vastly more
difficult and complex goal than you are told.
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We
are losing earth’s soil and fresh water faster than we can effect
100% renewable TWED.
In
25 years civilization will end says Lloyds of London and the British
Foreign Office.
In
my opinion, in 30 years we won’t have enough fossil fuel for a 100%
renewable TWED transition.
This
is the most important fact I’ve learned:
Renewable
Energy is Unsustainable
without
massive energy demand destruction
Humanity
will destroy its soil and water faster than we can switch to
renewable energy with BAU. We cannot sustain economic growth with
renewable energy. Without massive political-economic change,
civilization will collapse with 100% certainty. But, don’t worry, I
like to fix things.
Animal
Agriculture = AA
Humans
+ Livestock = 97% of the weight of all land vertebrate biomass
Humans
+ Livestock = 80% of the cause of all land-air extinctions
Humans
+ Livestock = 50% of the use of all land surface area
Humans
+ Livestock = 40% consumption of all land plant growth *
*
Net Primary Production.
50%
of the soy grown in South America is shipped over to China to feed
their pigs. Rainforests and deep-rooted scrub are cleared to grow
animals & feed so that their required fresh water is in reality a
sky river exported in boats to China and Europe leaving little
moisture in the air to reach São Paulo. Since rainforest roots are
so thick they don’t require very much, or even good, soil; this
leaves rainforest soil so poor and thin that it degrades and erodes
faster when exposed to the elements.
The
Himalayan mountains are heating 2X faster than the planet and many
fear that China will run out of water in 15 years by 2030.
50%
of China’s rivers have vanished since 1980.
60%
of China’s groundwater is too poisoned to touch.
50%
of China’s cropland is too poisoned to safely grow food.
Animal
Agriculture will destroy our soil and water long before we can effect
100% intermittent TWED transition with BAU.
BAU
means 7 billion people will not stop eating meat and wasting food
without major $$$ incentive. Meaning a steadily rising carbon tax on
meat. Just saying that can get you killed in some places.
Without
using James Hansen’s 100% private tax dividends to carbon tax meat
consumption out of the market earth will die. 100% private tax
dividends means 100% for you, 0% for government.
100%
for you,
0%
for gov.
The
funny thing is that meat and fire saved our ancestors from extinction
and now meat and fire will cause mass extinction of all the life we
love on earth. Survival is not an optional menu item as is eating
meat. We have to act now, not 5 years from now, or forever be not
remembered as the least greatest generation because there’ll be no
one left to remember us.
Michael
Mann says we will lock-in a 2 degree temperature rise in 3 years for
2036 with BAU. Ocean fish will be gone in less than 25 years simply
because of the BAU of meat consumption. The BAU of fishing kills
everything in its path producing lots of waste kill. We are stealing
all the Antarctic Ocean’s krill just to sell as a health
supplement. You can learn a lot about fishing by watching
“Cowspiracy” on Netflix.
We
cannot let governments get control of carbon markets like how
Sanders, Klein and McKibben want government to get 40% of your carbon
tax dividend money. Naomi Klein and Bill McKibben are funded by the
Rockefellers. Klein’s latest video about herself was funded by the
oil-invested Ford Foundation. This is 100% in direct opposition to
James Hansen’s tax dividend plan and immoral. Hansen said that
governments should get 0% of that money, not 40%. I strongly believe
your carbon dividends should be in a new open-source world e-currency
directly deposited to your phone to be phased in over 10 years. But,
I’m kinda simple that way.
Google:
Rockefellers fund Bill McKibben. Believe me, the Rockefellers don’t
fund 350.org out of the kindness of their hearts. To learn why they
would do such a thing, you can watch the educational video at the
bottom of this page.
Reference
Link:
Rockefellers
behind ‘scruffy little outfit’
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Link:
James
Hansen repeated at COP21 that his 100% private carbon tax dividends
would unite Democrats and Republicans because government would be
100% excluded. Socialists like Sanders, Klein and McKibben want
government to control 40% of that money. They are divisive and
Republicans will never accept their revolutionary rhetoric. We don’t
have time for this endless fighting. Forget the Socialist vs.
Capitalist mentality. We barely even have time to unite, and nothing
unites like money. Environmentalism in the 21st century is about a
revolving door of money and power for elite socialists and
capitalists. Let’s give everyone a chance to put some skin in the
game.
Reference
Link:
http://grist.org/climate-energy/sanders-and-boxer-introduce-fee-and-dividend-climate-bill-greens-tickled-pink/
What
humans & livestock have done so far:
We
are eating up our home.
99%
of Rhinos gone since 1914.
97%
of Tigers gone since 1914.
90%
of Lions gone since 1993.
90%
of Sea Turtles gone since 1980.
90%
of Monarch Butterflies gone since 1995.
90%
of Big Ocean Fish gone since 1950.
80%
of Antarctic Krill gone since 1975.
80%
of Western Gorillas gone since 1955.
60%
of Forest Elephants gone since 1970.
50%
of Great Barrier Reef gone since 1985.
40%
of Giraffes gone since 2000.
30%
of Marine Birds gone since 1995.
70%
of Marine Birds gone since 1950.
28%
of Land Animals gone since 1970.
28%
of All Marine Animals gone since 1970.
97%
– Humans & Livestock are 97% of land-air vertebrate biomass.
10,000
years ago we were 0.01% of land-air vertebrate biomass.
Humans
and livestock caused 80% of land-air vertebrate species extinctions
and occupy half the land on earth. Do you think the new 2-child
policy in China favours growth over sustainability? The Zika virus
could be a covert 1% population control measure for all I know. Could
the 1% be immune? I don’t know, but I know this…
1
million humans, net, added to earth every 4½ days.
Spot
The Solar Fig Leaf That Will Cover China’s Environmental
Degradation
Learn
why the Rockefellers fund Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein.
You
may well wonder how I know all this, and I would like to tell you
that when my dog Loki licks my face during a hangover I can hear his
mind talking to space angels, but the reality is that I’m an old
man who cuts grass in a trailer park in Canada and there’s not too
much else to think about, so take it from me, you can search any
statement, but just don’t get bogged down so you can’t see the
forest for the trees.
Here
is a more detailed post I wrote early 2015.
Here’s
a bunch of stuff I wrote on the collapse sub-reddit where I sooner or
later provide a lot of supporting links for my arguments.
Reference
Link: Wadhams slays the Q&A @ 1:15:30 !!!
Ode
to a Matrix Clone
Poor standard of English, if you can't proofread yourself, get a proofreader.
ReplyDeleteSustainability is helping kill the Livig [sic] Planet
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Germany already close all coal fired plants, scrapping nuclear, going for 100% renewables. China building solar farms at rate of one a week, already UK renewables contribute 20% of grid demands, and have you heard of storage? Not just batteries, which have been developed lately to be far more efficient, but also use of liquids and gases; compress liquid/gas using 'spare' energy, and release through turbines when needed. Pumping water uphill and then allowing to drive turbines falling down is an old method log used with reservoir generation.
Covering the planet with concrete won't solve anything except to hasten the day homo sapiens becomes extinct and the planet can start to recover.
I am quite capable of writing correctly. I am working against the odds with an internet that does not work for me but consider getting the information out is far more important to avoiding typos. I am a one-man band and do the best I can with my time and with declining health.
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