A friend writes: Hi Craig, Is this piece on solar energy a real argument or a conservative pipe dream? I respond: The latter, as one might infer from the other content on the site.
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Legitimacy of Solar Energy
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Renewable Energy: Can We Get There?
Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty is highly critical of this piece, which provides an ostensible roadmap to 100% renewable energy; his comments are here. My response: First, let’s acknowledge that there are optimistic people whose analyses are more rigorous.
