Graeme wrote:Please scroll down and click on each US state on graphic of entire USA in Project Solutions website for more details of proportions of WWS. You'll see link to "Data from Stanford University – For more information, visit" near graphic including abstract for 100% RE for 50 states.
Interesting link. I looked up Oregon. This caught my eye: “Using WWS electricity for everything, instead of burning fuel, and improving energy efficiency means you need much less energy.”
They estimate a 39.8% decline of total energy consumption in Oregon by 2050. I agree that we'll be using a lot less energy per person by 2050, renewables or not. But it won't be because of “energy efficiency.”
Here's their graphic for Oregon, about two-thirds wind and solar, 25% hydro by 2050: