Quote from: RE on May 20, 2024, 10:14 AMQuote from: K-Dog on May 20, 2024, 08:56 AMQuoteThe Renewables Hopium cohort has done a surprisingly good job of building Solar & Wind capacity as well as LDES to support that when the sun don't shine and the wing don't blow. Despite this, there's still no way alternative energy can fully replace FFs at the current leveel of per capita consumption in 10 years.
If they have been doing such a good job why are we using more fossil fuel now then when the Hopium renewable dance to keep everything the same started?
Because demand increases faster than they can build alternative energy.
RE
All serious students of Jevon's paradox KNOW that it is futile to pursue alternative energy without restricting conventional energy use. The relationship to Jevon's may not seem obvious, but a dynamic analysis of what happens as alternative energy is added to the mix shows there is a clear relationship which mimics Jevon's efficiency gain if the introduction of new energy is not balanced by removal of old energy. Total energy use can only increase. It is in the math.
But this being America, we don't do math. We prefer to die.