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Discussion on: 12 Ways To Reduce Carbon Footprints as a Full Stack Developer

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John Kazer

It is certainly going to be possible to generate our energy (not just electricity) from renewables within the next 30 years weforum.org/agenda/2020/02/renewab...

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As a (theoretical) example, the whole Sahara Desert receives 22 billion GWh of sunshine energy per year. Which translates, at 20% panel efficiency, to 4.4 million TWh of electricity. Which is 37 times more than 2018 total world energy demand.
For example theconversation.com/should-we-turn... and iea.org/reports/key-world-energy-s...