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Renewables and Fossil Fuels Are Not Comparable for Their Support of
Humanity
Renewables cannot manufacture anything for humanity, while fossil
fuels manufacture everything for humanity.


The reason for the growth in humanity from 1 to 8 billion in 200
years is simple: fossil fuels are abundant, cheap and efficient to
provide reliable and dense energy at scale that can be manufactured
into usable products by humanity.  Renewables, on the other hand,
cannot manufacture anything for humanity. 

Fossil fuels have helped to generate a quality-of-life revolution
for a portion of humanity, and people in poverty who have missed
out on this blessing rightfully want what the people in the wealthy
and developed countries already have.

Recently, Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright explained in his viral
video, dishonest terminology surrounds the climate debate.  One of
these terms is "Energy Transition".  The term's use gives the
impression that there exists a quick, easy, and scalable
alternative to eliminate fossil fuel use without serious impact on
humanity. The current rhetoric is falsely transitioning from apples
to oranges, as they are different. 

The current primary energy distribution by source, and forecasts by
organizations like the EIA in their International Energy Outlook
2021, shows that this "energy transition" is non-existent.  As you
can see in the EIA graph above, and also in the 51-page Liberty's
ESG report on Bettering Human Lives, no present quantity of primary
energy generated by oil or gas is currently replaced by renewables
as they do different things. Fossil fuels are primarily used to
manufacture products and fuels for humanity, while renewables
manufacture nothing for humanity.

Again, the primary reasons that renewables are not replacing fossil
fuels is that oil and gas are more heavily used to manufacture
products, fuels, and fertilizers for humanity, while renewables can
only generate electricity from breezes and sunshine.  The obvious
observation is that renewables cannot manufacture anything for
humanity! Comparing renewables to fossil fuels is like comparing
apples and oranges. They are different!

 A couple of headlines from the Liberty report that you don't hear
discussion or conversations by the elite or the media:
1.   Global primary use of products and fuels are about to grow by
almost 50% between 2020 - 2050 as impoverished people rise from
poverty that represent at least 80 percent of humanity, or more
than six billion in this world are living on less  than $10 a day.

2.   Oil consumption, the source for those manufactured products
and fuels, rises in all U.S Energy Information Administration (EIA)
scenarios. Globally, liquid fuels consumption in the EIA forecast
increases from an average of 99.4 million barrels per day (b/d) in
2022 to 100.9 million b/d in 2023. The higher consumption forecast
is primarily driven by upward revisions to global economic growth.
3.   Natural gas consumption, for heating and fertilizers, will
continue to growth through 2050.

Sadly, few in the media report or even have discussions that there
is almost nothing to compare between fossil fuels and renewables.
To add insult to injury, those so-called renewables of wind and
solar are 100 percent made from the products manufactured from
fossil fuels!

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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2023-03-28 20:51:21