Can renewable energy make a dent in fossil fuels?

Energy consumption will continue to go up for the foreseeable future. This article looks at where we are going to get this energy from. It is going to take a lot to wean us off of fossil fuels.

4.2 billion. - That's how many rooftops you'd have to cover with solar panels to displace a cubic mile of oil (CMO), a measure of energy consumption, according to Ripudaman Malhotra, who oversees research on fossil fuels at SRI International. The electricity captured in those hypothetical solar panels ...

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