While renewable energies currently supply 17% of Germany's energy demands, half of that comes from biomass. It is yet to be seen whether or not biomass is a truly sustainable choice. At the moment, biomass is doing nothing but pushing emissions into different sectors or regions. In my view, current dominant technologies are nothing but creative emission accounting while pushing the true cost of emissions to impoverished nations. I can but imagine what doubled demand for biomass will inflict on the land.

I believe the Moon heard the cry of the slaughterd dolphins(The Cove) and the whales(Whale Wars) and the effect was a tsunami.
My electric bill is 12.00 a month,most people are wasteful leaving lights on all night and spend all day buying and discarding their garbage waiting for the U.S. to break up into islands I suppose!

Thanks for this analysis. Can you say a little more about the UK's "get out of green" clause?

I am all for moving away from the diminishing supply of fossil fuels. Unfortunately, I do not see any of the proposed alternatives as being a viable alternative. They are all hopelessly inefficient and, in their own way, damaging to the environment.

Byron,

I probably should expounded on the 'get out of green clause'. But an article from the BBC explains it better than I could:

This from the BBC : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13417997

However, Green MP Caroline Lucas remained critical of the announcement which "risked being a sham", she said, citing the "slipped in a concessionary review clause which will allow the government to backtrack on the fourth carbon budget".

She concluded: "On the crucial issue of how we now meet the targets, the government has shunned the CCC's recommendation that the budget should be met through domestic action alone.

"Allowing the use of trading mechanisms such as offsetting essentially means outsourcing our emission reduction responsibilities to other countries - thereby weakening the drive to achieve more green technologies and industries, with all the jobs those can bring, here in the UK."

Yes. Green Energy is marching ahead in Europe. Many countries now realise that a transition to Renewables is inevitable.

Dr.A.Jagadeesh Nellore(AP),India
Wind Energy Expert
E-mail: anumakonda.jagadeesh@gmail.com