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In this video, retired chemical engineer Soren Hansen argues that wind and solar energy are not the ideal form of power to meet energy demands. Hansen explains that while wind and solar power generation can match total consumption over a year, it cannot replace traditional power plants entirely due to the variability of energy production and its inability to match consumption minute by minute or hour by hour. Hansen discusses several proposed solutions to the problems of wind and solar energy being unreliable, including energy storage through batteries or hydrogen, but highlights scalability challenges and costs. He also examines the material input required for each method of energy extraction and compares it to the energy return on investment, indicating that while coal, gas, and nuclear power require very few materials for a terawatt hour of power, wind and solar panels require a much larger amount of materials per square meter to obtain a unit of energy produced. Despite the high demand for wind and solar power, the energy return on investment is below the lower acceptable limit, meaning that after construction, we won't get any energy out of wind and solar. Hansen argues that instead, nuclear power and eventually fusion will be the most suitable for the long run, and fossil fuels can continue to be used until nuclear and fusion power are available.
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