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What to Know: California could be the largest state to set a goal of using 100 percent renewable energy.
“On Aug. 28, California’s state assembly passed a bill to eliminate electricity-related greenhouse-gas emissions by 2045 and cut them by half by 2026,” reports Quartz. “If the state senate and governor Jerry Brown sign off on it, California will become the world’s largest single economy to adopt a zero-emissions goal for its electricity grid by relying on wind, solar, and other renewable technology.”
The TPPF Take: Whether or not it’s a worthy goal, 100 percent renewable is currently unreachable.
“Studies show that to power California by wind, for example, it would take 16,000 square miles of turbines,” says TPPF’s Bill Peacock. “Of course, that’s assuming the wind is always blowing. Which it is not. This intermittency — which is also inherent in solar power — is what dooms efforts to mandate increased use of renewable energy. The reality is that 100 percent renewable is 99 percent a myth.”
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“On Aug. 28, California’s state assembly passed a bill to eliminate electricity-related greenhouse-gas emissions by 2045 and cut them by half by 2026,” reports Quartz. “If the state senate and governor Jerry Brown sign off on it, California will become the world’s largest single economy to adopt a zero-emissions goal for its electricity grid by relying on wind, solar, and other renewable technology.”
The TPPF Take: Whether or not it’s a worthy goal, 100 percent renewable is currently unreachable.
“Studies show that to power California by wind, for example, it would take 16,000 square miles of turbines,” says TPPF’s Bill Peacock. “Of course, that’s assuming the wind is always blowing. Which it is not. This intermittency — which is also inherent in solar power — is what dooms efforts to mandate increased use of renewable energy. The reality is that 100 percent renewable is 99 percent a myth.”
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