kirby007 said:
After a certain while you are going to get deminishing returns on waterpowerplants and locations for those, just like windmills and solarscreens |
Global warming is causing more rain in some areas, good for hydro electric power. More wind isn't always good as windmills can't operate above a certain wind speed and more cloud cover is bad for solar. Of course in other regions, more desertification is good for solar power.
Storing energy to level out demand is the biggest problem with solar and wind. Nuclear is still needed to fill in the gaps or rather that's cheaper than converting water to Hydrogen for later use.
Actually, I see gas is used to meet demand. Nuclear is steady and the biggest supplier
http://www.ieso.ca/power-data
Solar is big on-site or embedded. Solar farms aren't that popular.
It's mainly cars/trucks/planes/ships that need all the oil to run. According to Google, 70% of oil consumption in the US is for transportation. Buy local food is one easy way to help the climate. Drive less, get a more fuel efficient car, work closer to home.
