Originally published November 27 2005
Renewable energy is not an escape route for wasteful energy use
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Presented by Michael Kane at the NYC PetroCollapse Conference, this paper focuses on the supplemental role renewable energy must play in the future and the problems that our society will soon have to confront, namely, a major energy crisis.
This paper focuses on the limitations of big renewable energy technologies and, more importantly, how society lacks the proper mind state and will to address the Peak Oil crisis appropriately.
Recently ACORE unintentionally revealed exactly why renewables offer no escape from the certain Peak Oil crisis.
I will be speaking about a number of renewable energy sources and what they have to offer a society of over-consumption.
But what is critical to understand at the outset is that renewables are not being viewed as a way to transition away from, or even to limit, the consumption of hydrocarbons, but rather to supplement over-consumption.
Sylvain Santamarta of Shell Renewables confirmed this fact at the Renewable Energy Finance Forum in NYC (REFF -- Wall St) in June of this year, when he stated Shell will continue to invest in renewables -- especially wind -- since they are a valid and valuable supplement to hydrocarbons.
Wind farms can produce hundreds of megawatts of energy, putting them on par with many traditional power plants.
The American Wind Energy Association estimates that America could possibly have 6% of its energy provided by wind in 2020.
While the financial institutions are ready to put up the needed capital for offshore projects, there are mostly cold feet throughout the industry as everyone wonders whether these projects will ultimately be profitable.
In short, wind energy -- the best renewable energy technology available to date -- offers no hope of mitigating the Peak Oil crisis without massive conservation efforts that are nowhere in sight.
We have yet to see any significant indication that hydrogen fuel cells will be capable of successfully moving the transportation sector away from fossil fuels.
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