8.5 was the scenario for what happens if humans keep accelerating their rate of petroleum extraction consistent with what we've done over the past century.
The IPCC is now saying it's "implausible" because that would create a situation where petroleum was significantly more expensive than renewables, and who would want to extract petroleum to create a power plant that was more expensive than a solar plant?
Seems like you might be talking about home rooftop panels. Large-scale power plants solve that problem by using thermal energy storage - usually molten salt.
If you're using molten salt anyways, have I got an idea for you: Thorium salt fission reactors! Nuclear is king: No emissions, high energy, high safety, low public health costs, reliable, 24/7 energy, all-seasonal, and long-lasting!
There are four scenarios: 2.6, 4.5, 6.0, and 8.5.
8.5 was the scenario for what happens if humans keep accelerating their rate of petroleum extraction consistent with what we've done over the past century.
The IPCC is now saying it's "implausible" because that would create a situation where petroleum was significantly more expensive than renewables, and who would want to extract petroleum to create a power plant that was more expensive than a solar plant?
Someone who needed electricity during Winter or at night?
Seems like you might be talking about home rooftop panels. Large-scale power plants solve that problem by using thermal energy storage - usually molten salt.
If you're using molten salt anyways, have I got an idea for you: Thorium salt fission reactors! Nuclear is king: No emissions, high energy, high safety, low public health costs, reliable, 24/7 energy, all-seasonal, and long-lasting!
Sure, Thorium seems to have a lot of promise, although I've read that certain groups are really overhyping it past what it can actually accomplish.
Most experts think that our ultimate energy solution is going to have to be balanced and multi-sourced.
Cool, which cities are powered exclusively by solar/renewables?
Burlington, VT, Georgetown, TX, and Basel, Switzerland are powered entirely by renewables with an emphasis on solar.
The biggest renewable-exclusive cities are Oslo and Reykjavík, though in their cases it's mostly geothermal.