[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

However despite this hemorrhaging of government money, according to the IPCC, after 25 years of world-wide subsidies, wind and solar have managed to deliver only 1/2 of 1% of the world's energy. At this rate, it will take 5,000 years for wind and solar to replace coal.

While ethanol and biomass energy have gained on hydroelectric as major providers of renewable energy, wind and solar still reach less than two percent of the total.

[kellynla]

good chart...but if you look, the EIA has an even more revealing chart showing the percentage of energy sources used for electricity which shows nuclear close to 20% and wind power around 2%...I don’t have it handy but if you can’t find it, I’ll look for it later today.

[kellynla]

Here’s one but I think I can find another source that is even more recent.

RESOURCES BEING USED TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY
2000

FOSSIL FUELS 71.0%
Coal 51.5%
Natural Gas 16.5%
Oil 3.0%

NUCLEAR 20%

RENEWABLES 9.0%
Hydropower 7.0%
Other renewables 2.0%
http://www.energyforkeeps.org/book_chapters/eforkeeps_pre_ch3.pdf

[Realism]

wind and solar still reach less than two percent of the total.

To be fair and to your point transportation shouldn't be included since wind and solar are pretty much strictly used for the generation of electric. Also with new technology we are just now seeing 3 to 5MW turbines.