nutznboltz's Journal: The Solar Economy

"Sustainable energy" is very much in vogue. It is about reducing CO2 emissions to mitigate the increasingly dire effects of climate change, and can include the use of resources that will eventually be depleted. Physicists and engineers in pursuit of solar interests and projects often find the financial bottom line can be frustrating. In The solar economy Hermann Scheer critically examines the evolution and impact of our current energy companies and concludes that renewable energy sources have an economic advantage because of their much shorter supply chains.