Conclusions

Writing this blog has changed my preset assumptions and ideas about renewable energies many different times. It is strange how educating oneself about a subject can sometimes give an even less clear vision.
Renewable energies are often hailed as the champions of our future systems. I believe that this statement is true but that the term "renewable energy" does not correspond to anything we have today. A renewable energy needs to be renewable in all senses, political, socially and financially as well. This challenge is what we, as a civilization, face today. An abrupt change needs to occur, a rupture in our way of thinking about energy. In the past there was Tesla and his self-acting engine, perhaps we need another one. 

"Renewable energies won't work!"

Google can make pretty much any dream into a reality. Unfortunately, renewable energy doesn't seem to fit the bill (link to the article).
Two Google engineers set out to create or at least imagine a renewable energy that would be cheaper to use than coal.
Their conclusions: "Renewable energy technologies simply won’t work; we need a fundamentally different approach".

 Many modern day problems can only be solved by taking a different approach to the problem, maybe our energy systems are the same.
Searching 'out of the box' to find these 'unknown unknowns' can be difficult, and if the Google machine can't do it, it is hard to imagine anyone can. Could the answer simply be nuclear fusion. 

Nuclear fusion and nuclear fission

Lockheed Martin, a huge defence contractor might have the solution to all energy problems: link to article

It is however important to remember the political implications that relate to any discussion about nuclear power. Public perception is oftentimes a more powerful decision-maker than scientific evidence.

Wind farms of the future?

Interesting article about putting turbines underwater in order to harness the power of currents: link to article



Could the problem of "ugly landscapes" be fixed by hiding wind farms better?