but he will import an equal amount less from the grid, so it will still be a wash.
The Impossible Dream
In order to deliver 4.6 GW uniform and firm RE supply throughout the year, from 26 GW of installed capacity, requires 1.8 TWh of storage. We show that this is both thermodynamically and economically implausible to implement with current technology.
Record surge in atmospheric CO2 in 2016
Concentrations of CO2 in the Earth’s atmosphere surged to a record high in 2016.
We Don’t Need No Flaming Sparky Cars
Electric cars are very much in the news. The Tesla bubble looks like it may just have burst with static instead of exponentially rising sales, France has declared it will phase out diesel and petrol cars by 2040 and Volvo is to convert its whole model range to all electric or hybrid electric by 2019. The World is now gripped by ultra left wing Green politics driven by production quotas set by the policies of The United Nations and Green NGOs. The USA has awoken to this reality and plans to walk away while France just voted for it. Expensive policies with neglible benefits for the public at large that require subsidies instead of paying taxes can only end in economic tears.
We don’t need no sparky cars
Tesla kaput?