By the end of this year, solar PV will have an energy capacity of 50 GW (up from 100 MW in the year 2000). I find it very strange that with a rapidly expanding industry (renewable energy) you would solely cite a study conducted in 2006 - despite the wealth of studies that have been conducted in the past half decade!! You don't even mention concentrating solar power, which is expected to produce at nearly the capacity of PV. There's no mention of geothermal generating OR high altitude wind - which we've seen extraordinary advances in the past two years!! And possibly the most important change that is pertinent for "alternative energy" is EFFICIENCY!! We consume far more energy than we need to (U.S.). That simply has to change. I will come back on here later to post actual studies worth looking through - not "cherry picked" ones as esprole put it.
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