How Much Energy Will the World Need?

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About This Video

Are we heading toward an all-renewable energy future, spearheaded by wind and solar? Or are those energy sources wholly inadequate for the task? Mark Mills, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of The Cloud Revolution, compares the energy dream to the energy reality.

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Standards Met in Ohio

9-12.WG.5Grades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thPhysical processes influence the formation and distribution of renewable, non-renewable, and flow resources (e.g., tectonic activity plays a role in the formation and location of fossil fuels, erosion plays a role in the formation of sedimentary rocks, rainfall patterns affect regional drainage patterns).
CWI.9-12.12.lp.eGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify that some choices can continue to meet a personal need (sustainable). Some choices can only meet present personal needs but not future needs (limited/non- renewable).
CWI.9-12.13.lp.eGrades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thIdentify that some choices can continue to meet a personal need (sustainable). Some choices can only meet present personal needs but not future needs (limited/non- renewable).
WG.9-12.5Grades 9th, 10th, 11th, 12thPhysical processes influence the formation and distribution of renewable, non-renewable and flow resources (e.g., tectonic activity plays a role in the formation and location of fossil fuels; erosion plays a role in the formation of sedimentary rocks; rainfall patterns affect regional drainage patterns).