
Shifting to renewables: a controversial discussion. Image source: Shutterstock (#494843755)
The major present goal is to use 100 percent renewables to generate electricity because it is not possible to replace fossil fueled motors with renewables in the near-term. The question of when this will be possible is highly discussed. The growth of carbon emissions has slowed down over the past five years but it did not decrease. Even the growth of renewables as a whole of the overall energy supply has been slow, although recent growth of wind and solar is huge. The following article explains how quick and how soon the replacement of fossil fuel with renewable energy sources can be actually realized.
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