Renewing The Dream for Renewables

When it comes to renewable energy, the world seems rife with hypocrisy.Countless climate conferences might have made it seem like there is globalconsensus on the importance of renewables. Yet governments remain so drunk withfossil fuels that tangible transition to renewables seems like a distant dream.In Canada, Prime Minister Trudeau let the province Alberta approve $4 billionworth of new oil sands projects1. Hydraulic fracking, which is thetechnique of pumping high-pressure fluid to crack open rocks containing gas andoil, has also found warm reception in the US as the Obama Administration allowsmultiple drillings. Meanwhile in the developing world, one coal-fired powerstation is constructed every week in China2.