Fun fact: if we switched to renewable energy, maritime traffic would fall by almost 50%

@Morvoren depends.
Which direction is the moon relative to the sun. Also is it a Tuesday

@Morvoren That's not what I said.

@Nitedoc Agreed, though it'll be a slow change as it'll require a total reboot of how humans live in their suburban enclave societies totally dependent on external inputs for their existence.

@zonavar68 That's true. Unless we can figure out how to use Helium 3 safely on earth or find a new miracle enegy source.

@jshm2 you’re not big on researching facts before you open your mouth, are you?

@zonavar68 I don't remember, are you from Australia?

@BlueGreenGrey Yes. Any solar 'farms' take up land that could be used for agricultural purposes, and both wind and solar require massive 'sub-grids' just to interconnect them to the existing electricity grid. The view that solar and wind are 'green energy' is completely loony!

Hydro-electric is the closest thing to 'green power' and Australia's had that since the 1950's. We've never had (and might never have) nuclear power stations. We export 100x more coal than we keep for our own energy security.

@zonavar68 I thought you were. Well your very own country has some lessons for the world regarding grid-scale batteries. That's all you need to overcome intermittent issues.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/no-batteries-no-flexibility-spain-could-have-avoided-blackout-with-lessons-learned-in-south-australia/

Moreover, a iceland already uses 100% renewable energy. Going completely to 100% renewables is already feasible even before nuclear fusion is solved. Moreover land-based utility-scale solar farms are not the only way to implement solar, rooftop solar is a significant factor as is solar over artificial reservoirs and canals, and agrivoltaic installations over agricultural areas like vineyards in roussillon in the southwest of France are already happening, which also cools the vines with the shade.

Besides solar, wind (utility-scale or otherwise), and geothermal you also have wave and tidal energy options. And wind turbines do not occupy that much area on agricltural plots.

We could already transition to 100% renewables now if the fossil lobby and its rightwing government enablers weren't tryign everyhing they can to stymie this. Renewables are already competitive in price now.