Because renewable energy is the most strategic investment we can make. It’s certainly not economical, given the current market conditions, where solar power is delivered at about $0.30/kWh and coal-generated power arrives for only $0.05/kWh (in February, 2011). But in an environment that is rapidly growing, rapidly urbanizing, and increasingly subject to ‘Black Swan’ events, we don’t have time for economics to catch up with the real world.
Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers and Dennis Meadows
Limits To Growth is an oddly dispassionate analysis of the challenges we face as a planet in this century. While I have no doubt that the authors are passionate about sustainability, they have let cold facts and careful analysis set the mood.
Written in 2004, “The Hype About Hydrogen”, comes as a stark wake-up call to those who previously had pinned their hopes for a clean energy revolution on the “Hydrogen Economy”.
