In 2021, the U.S. energy was dependent on 61% fossil fuels.
In 2021, about 4,108 billion kilowatthours (kWh) (or about 4.11 trillion kWh) of electricity were generated at utility-scale electricity generation facilities in the United States.1 About 61% of this electricity generation was from fossil fuels—coal, natural gas, petroleum, and other gases. About 19% was from nuclear energy, and about 20% was from renewable energy sources.
If we were to cut off all fossil fuels as of right now, and only use renewable energy sources, as sources of energy, then we would lose 61% of our energy.
Only 20% of our power comes from renewable energy. But they still have there downsides.
Solar Energy:
Even though the woke leftists and radical environmentalists want to tell you that we would be better off just taking energy from the sun, it's not that easy to do.
Solar Energy would only be available through the day. So you would be losing about 8 hours of energy every day.
Not to mention that the PV cells in most solar panels today are made up of silicon, which is acquired by mining it.
Wind Energy:
Wind energy is a good idea on paper. Wind=Energy. There is a lot of wind, so there will be a lot of energy. But this resource has a similar problem to solar.
It wouldn't have the capability to be as actively producing as other energy sources. The wind doesn't always blow. So you would not be collecting any energy when those times arrive.
And if the environmentalist are so inclined to "save the environment" they should be saying no to wind energy, because it heavily affects bird and animal environments. Not in a good way though.
Hydropower:
Water energy is one of the more efficient natural energy sources that we have, but why do we have so few. Because Hydropower makes one of the biggest dents in environmental stability.
Y'all wanna "save the environment" huh?
Those are just some examples, but it goes to show that we can't survive off of renewable energy alone. And even if we could, it would very stupid to chose to cut all of our other energy sources, just because some radical environmentalists say our planet is going to die in a couple years if we don't...…like they have been saying for 80 years...…