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Rather, a diverse portfolio of wind and photovoltaics (a) sited in different places so they experience different conditions and (b) of different kinds (sunny calm days are bad for wind but good for solar) is integrated with (c) the many other kinds of renewables, nearly all of which are "dispatchable" (available whenever needed), with (d) unobtrusively flexible demand, and with (e) distributed storage, mainly icestorage air-conditioning and smart bidirectional electric-car charging. If necessary, (f) existing, especially fastresponding, gas-fired generators can fill any gaps, but that's not always necessary.
ENVIRONMENTAL GROWTH
So lets ignore money for just a minute here. What about the environment? Well, Lovins uses Germany as a prime example of how improvements have been made to keep carbon emissions down. Germany alone in 2012 was 23% renewable energy powered (which Lovins points out is double the percentage from six years ago), and even peaked at the 70% renewable mark for a brief period this year. Lovins finishes by claiming, Germanys 35-percent-renewable power goal for 2020 is ahead of schedule, and eight countries and 41 cities 100-percent-renewable-power goals look both practical and profitable.
BUT IS IT REALLY..GROWTH?
Lovinss remarks on Germany were made in response to Manns original article that commented on how having mostly renewable electricity would cause factory shutdowns. Again, in Manns response to Lovin, he combats his point. He concedes that, yes, renewables have increased in Germany over the past decade, but also adds that, since 2011Germany has significantly increased its reliance on coal. Why the increase? Unfortunately, it seems that the reason once again has to do with the cost of solar and wind energy, at least according to Mann.
AUDIENCE IS EVERYTHING
The interesting thing about the audiences of these two sources is that they will be the same people. Anyone who is interested in renewable energy will most likely look at both sources if he/she looks at one of them. Anyone could be the average energy user, a big business owner looking to see how the switch might affect his company, or even an environmentalist looking for options and different opinions on the idea of renewable energy.