22 minutes ago - world-nuclear.org Wind turbines, Olsvenne 2, SwedenClean electricity from 'new renewables' - solar, wind, biomass and geothermal power - deserves strong support. But they will not be enough..... Clean electricity from 'new renewables' - solar, wind, biomass and geothermal power - deserves strong support. But the collective capacity of these technologies to produce electricity in the decades ahead is limited. The International Energy Agency projects that, even with conitnued subsidy and research support, these new renewables can only provide around 6% of world electricity by 2030. Environmentalists have played a valuable role in warning that catastrophic climate change is a real and imminent danger. It is crucially important that they be equally realistic about solutions. Even with maximum conservation - and a...
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