How a 1% Gain in Fossil Fuel Efficiency Could Rival Renewables

[rangerrebew]

How a 1% Gain in Fossil Fuel Efficiency Could Rival Renewables

    March 21, 2017

by Big Think Editors


Today, one billion people have little or no access to electricity. Even more have limited access, or have service which is unreliable. This is due partly to the legacy technology which continues to power the world, namely large steam turbines powered by the burning of fossil fuels.

Energy entrepreneur and Hertz Foundation Fellow Dr. Max Mankin wants to solve this issue. By innovating new solutions to current technology, Mankin has a plan to bring at-scale improvements to energy efficiency. Dr. Mankin is the cofounder of Modern Electron, a company dedicated to creating cheap, localized, and reliable electricity by means of ultra thin, scalable, nano-generators.


 http://bigthink.com/hertz-foundation/your-electricity-is-being-produced-like-its-1900-this-man-wants-to-fix-that

[thackney]

Article with a lot of hype and practically zero information.

[Taxcontrol]

Article with a lot of hype and practically zero information.

I have notced a lot of that lately 

[Joe Wooten]

Article with a lot of hype and practically zero information.

Yep. It totally ignored the fact that the ONLY reason "renewables" can compete with fossil fuels are government subsidies.

[Just_Victor]

Yep. It totally ignored the fact that the ONLY reason "renewables" can compete with fossil fuels are government subsidies.

A 20% gain in renewables efficiency might start to fossil fuels, I'd believe.