[Peakoil] Energy crisis 'cannot be solved by renewables'

[Antony Barry]

Energy crisis 'cannot be solved by renewables'
The Australian - Sydney,Australia
25 June 2007

Shell's chief gives warning that supplies of conventional oil and gas
will struggle to keep pace with rising energy demand and he calls for
greater ...
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Shell’s chief gives warning that supplies of conventional oil and gas  
will struggle to keep pace with rising energy demand and he calls for  
greater investment in energy efficiency.

Instead of a great conversion to wind power and solar power, Mr van  
der Veer predicts, the world will be forced into greater use of coal  
and much higher CO2 emissions, “possibly to levels we deem  
unacceptable”.

Alternative energy sources, such as renewables, will not fill the  
gap, says Mr van der Veer, who forecasts that even with major  
technological breakthroughs, renewables could account for only 30 per  
cent of energy supply by the middle of the century.

“Contrary to public perceptions, renewable energy is not the silver  
bullet that will soon solve all our problems,” he writes.

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