Society’s potential new lifeline to sustainability – 100% renewable energy in our lifetime?

By William Loughlin –  ‘Renewable  technologies  are  considered  clean  sources  of  energy, optimal  use  of  these  resources  minimise  environmental  impacts’  [1]. With  increasing  threats  of  climate  change  is  renewable  energy  (RE)  really  up  to the  task  of  filling  our  insatiable  thirst  for  energy? Furthermore, the current  global  energy  demand  being fulfilled  ‘14%’ [2] by  renewable  energy  (RE) …