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- Title
Reply to Diesendorf, M. Comment on "Seibert, M.K.; Rees, W.E. Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition. Energies 2021, 14 , 4508".
- Authors
Seibert, Megan K.; Rees, William E.
- Abstract
Diesendorf states, "many detailed scenario models demonstrate the technical and economic feasibility of replacing all FF energy consumption entirely with RE and efficient energy use (EE) for the whole world, regions, countries, and states/provinces". In summary, the techno-optimist view held by Diesendorf overlooks the fact that MTI civilization - of which so-called RE technologies are a product - is: (1) entirely subsidized by a one-off inheritance of energy-rich FF, for which there are no known quantitative or qualitative replacements, and (2) inherently destructive of the ecosphere. We are unclear what Diesendorf means by going "from 100% renewable electricity to 100% renewable energy". As clearly indicated in the abstract and corresponding section titles, our three primary goals were to: (a) situate climate change within its broader context of ecological overshoot, (b) address myriad problems with so-called renewable energy (RE) technologies that are often overlooked, and (c) offer alternative solutions that might actually salvage civilization and the planet.
- Subjects
RENEWABLE energy transition (Government policy); MINES &; mineral resources; RENEWABLE energy sources; ENERGY economics; POWER resources; DESERTIFICATION; WIND power
- Publication
Energies (19961073), 2022, Vol 15, Issue 3, p970
- ISSN
1996-1073
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/en15030970