Energías renovables y decrecimiento
Vaclav Smil. “A Skeptic Looks at Alternative Energy: It takes several lifetimes to put a new energy system into place, and wishful thinking can’t speed things along” IEEE Forum, 28 de junio 2012. http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/a-skeptic-looks-at-alternative-energy
8) “America relies on an aging electrical grid and pipeline distribution systems, some of which originated in the 1880s. Investment in power transmission has increased since 2005, but ongoing permitting issues, weather events, and limited maintenance have contributed to an increasing number of failures and power interruptions… Although about 17,000 miles of additional high-voltage transmission lines and significant oil and gas pipelines are planned over the next five years, permitting and siting issues threaten their completion.”
American Society of Civil Engineers. “2013 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure” http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/energy/
La ASCE estima que la infraestructura de EEUU necesita una inversión de 3.6 millones de millones de dólares ($3.6 trillion) para el año 2020.
9) Ted Trainer. Reseña crítica del libro “Reinventing Fire” de Amory Lovins, 15 de septiembre 2012. http://www.resilience.org/stories/2012-09-15/review-reinventing-fire-amory-lovins; “A Critique of Jacobson and Delucchi’s Proposals for a World Renewable Energy Supply” Synthesis/Regeneration #60, invierno 2013. http://www.greens.org/s-r/60/60-09.html
