Open AccessOn the Inability of Wind and Solar Electric Generation to Power Modern Civilization
Author(s) -
Wallace M. Manheimer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of energy research and reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-8368
DOI - 10.9734/jenrr/2021/v8i430220
Subject(s) - civilization , electricity generation , electricity , wind power , electric power , fossil fuel , nuclear power , renewable energy , photovoltaic system , environmental science , environmental economics , power (physics) , engineering , electrical engineering , natural resource economics , business , political science , economics , waste management , physics , law , quantum mechanics , nuclear physics
There is a societal push to replace fossil and nuclear fuel, which currently generate ~ 85% of the world’s electric power, with wind and solar powered generation of electricity. However, there are significant physical, economic, reliability, and environmental barriers to this replacement. This paper discusses them and concludes that for the foreseeable future, we are stuck with the more conventional sources if we want civilization for the masses to survive.