Mark BurtonHeinberg:
"The current sharp spike in diesel fuel prices is likely to be a significant drag on the construction and installation of renewables—as well as to increase the cost of food and most other things. People tend to forget that, despite all the solar panels and wind turbines, the heavy work of the global economy is still mostly being done by diesel fuel."
20 Years after «The Oil Depletion Protocol».
https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2026/04/04/20-years-after-the-oil-depletion-protocol-an-interview-with-richard-heinberg/
"A hypothetical solar or nuclear future, at current energy usage rates, would require more minerals or uranium than can realistically be extracted."
Richard Heinberg
Richard Heinberg
#Miliband #Starmer and the rest, take note:
"Assuming that we will continue to use as much energy as we do now, but from alternative sources, and that we will continue to use more as the economy grows, is unrealistic. It’s an imaginary energy transition that is destined to continue existing only in the imagination."
ProScience 🇪🇺