Do the math: simply repeating 2011’s renewable
installations for three additional years, through 2014, would thus
displace Germany’s entire pre-Fukushima nuclear output.
Or so claims Amory Lovins in a
new piece about renewable energy in Germany.
Anyone with even a passing knowledge of the level of nuclear power in
Germany will recognise this claim is utter nonsense within about two
seconds. However, since Lovins appears incapable or unwilling to do the
basic arithmetic, let’s do it here. A couple of minutes on Google can
find a summary of
German solar and wind installations in 2011:
http://carboncounter.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/the-curious-math-of-amory-lovins/
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