UNEP/Frankfurt School Investment figures in so called "renewable energy" 2006-2016.

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8. more deception from NNadir

1) Most of the world's annual energy use is for transportation / liquid fuels, not electricity. Your mantra of 574 exojoules is decpetive at best.
2) Comparing 10 years' worth of investment to the annual GDP of select countries is meaningless. You would need to compare to the total investment in energy sources over the same period.
3) As Westinghouse's failed projects in GA and SC show, so-called "modern" nukes cannot be built quickly or cost-effectively. As has been shown many times on this forum, renewables are cheaper than nukes now. Vogtle is already $3 billion over budget (and continuing to rise) and 3+ years behind schedule. V.C. Summer is similarly $3 billion over its original $11 billion budget and behind schedule. Please tell us why we should have any confidence that 100-200 nukes could be built in the next 10-20 years - especially in the developing world where energy poverty is driving nations to continue to build coal plants.
4) Despite your deliberate attempt to mischaracterize the positions of everyone else on this forum, no one is saying that all nukes should be shut down immediately and all investment should be in solar and wind only.
5) Your repeated reference to the total contribution of solar + wind consistently ignores that fact the rate of growth of those respective technologies is increasing due to cost reductions for each.