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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Seems like you're talking to me. What is this biophysical reality that you speak of? I've done long range carbon mitigation scenarios and the general consensus is that energy access is provided by a mix of renewable energy supported by thermal fuels. For example, India's renewable energy consumption increases by 600% and natural gas consumption by 300% from now to 2040.
Nobody who's seriously working on these issues disputes this.
But you ask, how is this possible to reduce GHG emissions while increasing NG consumption in India by 200 bcm? Because places like Europe and North America decrease their natural gas consumption by 500 bcm collectively.
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Not directly. I was posing these as general questions that I believe would serve us all better to consider compared to the typical sorts of fruitless exchanges I am routinely witness to. Because you're experienced and educated in this arena, and you've got ideas on how to answer them, they resonated with you. Thanks for the response.
My response would be whether your modelling work and proposal cover electricity generation, transportation, building heat and power AND industrial process heat requirements or not.
What I mean by biophysical reality is looking very deeply at the energy return on investment we are earning with our systems, and choosing wisely. Hall and Klitgaard expand on Energy and the Wealth of Nations. I'm actually scheduled to interview Hall on this very subject within a few weeks... exciting for me!