Statistic of the Day

[jpmassar]

Electricity from the wind, sun, waves and biomass drew $187 billion last year compared with $157 billion for natural gas, oil and coal, according to calculations by Bloomberg New Energy Finance using the latest data.

Bloomberg Energy via LA Times

Comments

[prock]

If you're interested in this sort of stuff, you might want to check out "Do the math":

http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/

[jpmassar]

Good article. Thanks.

Of course cars aren't the only thing that use energy and seemingly not the most practical, if you have to choose, for solar energy.

[prock]

Just a note, it's not an article, but a series of articles. Of particular interest might be:

http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/08/nation-sized-battery/
http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/11/peak-oil-perspective/

as they do a good job of illustrating the pickle we are in.