"Starting with the industrial revolution, society moved up the EROEI scale as we made the transition from wood to coal, then coal to oil and gas and then on to nuclear resulting in lots of surplus energy. This meant we could move from a largely agrarian society to one where we could invest in infrastructure such as better buildings, roads, bridges, railways, ships, cars, aeroplanes and even spacecraft. We could invest time and effort into scientific research that produced new inventions that used more of that energy such as steam engines, internal combustion engines, electric motors, computers, rockets and so on. Surplus energy also allows more time and effort to be devoted to education and high culture such as art, theatre and music."
"We can clearly see that the move to low EROEI intermittent renewables is moving us back down the EROEI scale and we run the risk of falling down the net energy cliff. The productivity data discussed above shows this happening in real time."
"Net Zero using intermittent renewables is the energy equivalent of digging holes and filling them in again. Net Zero is destroying value and causing society to regress. The sooner it is stopped the better."
Electricity Productivity Data Shows we are Falling Down the Energy Cliff
by Dan McKay
21 hours ago
An economy, culture and science going backwards thanks to intermittent renewables.
https://davidturver.substack.com/p/electricity-productivity-data-falling-down-energy-cliff?utm_source=substack&publication_id=1285567&post_id=188137671&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=gnoul&triedRedirect=true
"Starting with the industrial revolution, society moved up the EROEI scale as we made the transition from wood to coal, then coal to oil and gas and then on to nuclear resulting in lots of surplus energy. This meant we could move from a largely agrarian society to one where we could invest in infrastructure such as better buildings, roads, bridges, railways, ships, cars, aeroplanes and even spacecraft. We could invest time and effort into scientific research that produced new inventions that used more of that energy such as steam engines, internal combustion engines, electric motors, computers, rockets and so on. Surplus energy also allows more time and effort to be devoted to education and high culture such as art, theatre and music."
"We can clearly see that the move to low EROEI intermittent renewables is moving us back down the EROEI scale and we run the risk of falling down the net energy cliff. The productivity data discussed above shows this happening in real time."
"Net Zero using intermittent renewables is the energy equivalent of digging holes and filling them in again. Net Zero is destroying value and causing society to regress. The sooner it is stopped the better."