Renewables account for only ~20% of energy production today. To believe we can meaningfully replace fossil fuels to any meaningful extent over the next 10 or even 20 years is patently absurd. Best estimates are the amount of copper alone would take approximately 400 years to mine in order to accomplish a transition to electric, let alone the massive amounts of cobalt, lithium etc. Oh and by the way this is while China, India etc continue to consume massive amounts of fossil fuels, significantly more than the US and EU, as they clearly have no plans for any type of energy transition whatsoever. I would love to see compelling and credible data that refutes any of the above realities.
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Renewables account for only ~20% of energy production today. To believe we can meaningfully replace fossil fuels to any meaningful extent over the next 10 or even 20 years is patently absurd. Best estimates are the amount of copper alone would take approximately 400 years to mine in order to accomplish a transition to electric, let alone the massive amounts of cobalt, lithium etc. Oh and by the way this is while China, India etc continue to consume massive amounts of fossil fuels, significantly more than the US and EU, as they clearly have no plans for any type of energy transition whatsoever. I would love to see compelling and credible data that refutes any of the above realities.