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"I’m not sure it’s going to happen with renewables because of the large land use requirements"

I am pretty sure, we would have some desert land to spare.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertec#/media/File%3AFulln...

Also most of roofs yet uncovered by panels. And you can do dual use: solarpanels that provide shade for agriculture use, etc.

Land or technology is not the problem - competing with cheap fossil energy in the ground is, as well as the massive investment required to make the complete transition to renewables.



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