How much wattage/sqft does a person, on average, use?
If the got solar power to a 50% efficiency, how would that change things?
I think that all the alternatives will not completely replace oil, but it will go a long way to reducing it.
Another thing that keeps solar power, or wind power, from being more widely adopted is that there is no efficient way to alternate between alternatives and hydrocarbons seamlessly If it were possible for residential or industry to easily make use of renewables when it’s being generated and automatically switch back to hydrocarbons when it’s not, or be able to store the energy created and make use of it during other times, adoption rates of solar panels would probably sky-rocket.
“Another thing that keeps solar power, or wind power, from being more widely adopted is that there is no efficient way to alternate between alternatives and hydrocarbons seamlessly If it were possible for residential or industry to easily make use of renewables when it’s being generated and automatically switch back to hydrocarbons when it’s not, or be able to store the energy created and make use of it during other times, adoption rates of solar panels would probably sky-rocket.”
That’s a big “hitch”. You cant start up a turbine and bring it online as fast as the wind can stop blowing or the time it takes the sun to go behind a cloud. That means that the “backup” has to always be running...