[mdlug-discuss] Winds of Change

[Novak, Louis (L.M.)]

"When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build
windmills." - Chinese proverb 


http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-path-to-sustainable-e
nergy-by-2030 

A Plan to Power 100 Percent of the Planet with Renewables

Key Concepts

*	Supplies of wind and solar energy on accessible land dwarf the
energy consumed by people around the globe.
*	The authors' plan calls for 3.8 million large wind turbines,
90,000 solar plants, and numerous geothermal, tidal and rooftop
photovoltaic installations worldwide.
*	The cost of generating and transmitting power would be less than
the projected cost per kilowatt-hour for fossil-fuel and nuclear power.
*	Shortages of a few specialty materials, along with lack of
political will, loom as the greatest obstacles.


-- 
Louis Novak  lnovak1 at ford.com   (313)248-6788 
Ford Motor Co., IT Security & Strategy 
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