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NickB79

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10. The energy requirements would be immense

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Wed Jun 9, 2021, 06:25 PM

Jun 2021

I think the reason they suggest we start in 2050 is that we won't have excess renewable capacity until then. And that's in a best-case scenario where we hit 100% renewables by 2050 and just keep building beyond that.

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