Solar is the answer

An excellent article from an excellent magazine. Steve Heckeroth at Mother Earth News gives us "Solar Is The Solution". Everything you need to know to evaluate every source of energy available to humanity right now. Solar energy comes out so far ahead there's really not much contest. Humanity needs to start using what's left of the non-renewable resources to sustain us as we phase to renewable. Go read the whole article.

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Solar is the Solution
It’s time to harness the world’s virtually inexhaustible supply of solar energy..

Left: Annual global renewable energy resources, 725 million terrawatt hours. Right: Total global non-renewable energy resources, 10.8 million terrawatt hours.

Annual Global RENEWABLE Energy Resources
(in Terawatt hours*)
Direct Solar Radiation 350,000,000
Wind 200,000
Ocean/Thermal 100,000
Biofuels 50,000
Geothermal 10,000
Tidal/Wave 5,000

Total Global Non-renewable Energy Resources
(Terawatt hours*)
Coal 6,000,000
Natural Gas 1,500,000
Uranium 235 1,500,000
Oil 1,000,000
Tar Sands 800,000
Total: 10,800,000
*1 terawatt hour is equal to 1 billion kilowatt hours

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