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Scientists Have a Plan To Power 95% Of the World With Renewable Energy Motherboard, by Brian_Merchant , Sep 12, 2012 “…..It is the dream of every clean energy advocate that the world come to understand that the barriers lie not with technology, but beyond two much deeper moats: a lack of political will and the organized opposition from the powerful fossil fuel companies whose lifeblood it shall displace…….
“…… It is entirely possible, using technologies largely available
today, to power nearly the entire world with clean energy—but we need
to conjure the will to make revolutionary strides in public policy and
the scale of deployment.

One of the lead authors is Kornelis Blok, the experimental physicist
and renewable energy expert who helped mobilize the Netherlands’ clean
energy strategy. The roadmap he helped forge closely resembles a
handful of other bold but largely ignored studies, including one from
Stanford researchers and another from the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, both of which assert that it is entirely possible to
run the world largely on renewables within 20-40 years. Each argues
that with strong incentives to develop clean energy (tax breaks,
government-mandated standards), paired with policies that discourage
carbon pollution (cap and trade, carbon taxes) and encourage a keen
focus on efficiency, a renewably powered world is within our grasp.

This latest report is unique in that it breaks down the various
sectors and the nature of the power they demand. We’re talking
industry, transport, and buildings. Check it out and you’ll get an
idea of how the researchers propose we begin replacing conventional
fuels with renewable ones:…..
Notice that nuclear power isn’t among those scaled-up…..
http://motherboard.vice.com/2012/9/12/scientists-have-a-plan-to-power-95-of-the-world-with-renewable-energy

September 13, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized