Jenny Nelson, “Harnessing the Sun” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Science
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Is There a Demand Matching Issue With Wind and Solar?
I'm swayed by just the basic arithmetic arguments about how much energy is landing on the earth from the suner that could be harnessed potentially. Even if one is ta 33 per centor or whatever, wete the esal five percet ras a, i mean, orders of magnitude more than we need. I have a lot more confidence in properly targeted investment and research and development through all these different areas rather than trying to change behaviour of particular individuals. Cause i just, personally, i think, i'm not suggesting that that's impossible, i just think it's a lot harder. And aand that may be pessimistic, but the optimistic side, for my perspective, is
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