Lately, however, Brown has found a new optimism that profoundly moves him, based on the steady
growth of alternative energy sources, perhaps most significantly in the U.S..
Not exact matches
Despite the
growth in
alternatives, oil will obviously remain a key
energy source for many decades to come — particularly in terms
of transportation.
Hopes
of finding
alternative energy sources that will allow continued
growth (expansion
of jobs rather than exchange
of job skills) even if the supposed
energy intensity is stable or diminishing, is simply pie in the sky thinking.
Frankly I expect that
alternative and cost effective
sources of energy need to be found to enable the necessary 3 % / year
growth in
energy and food.
Further, we find that current projected future
energy supply rates are far below the supply needed to fuel a global demographic transition to zero
growth, suggesting that the predicted leveling - off
of the global population by mid-century is unlikely to occur, in the absence
of a transition to an
alternative energy source.
If you actually look at some
of the studies on
alternative energy, we have a long way to go just to keep up with
growth, must less replace some
of the current
sources.