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To: Sdgla who wrote (18931)	7/1/2012 9:55:17 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

"The brick belongs in the wall not in the bowl." The brick is Greenland or Antarctica, the ice represents glaciers sitting on land, and the water level will go up when it melts and flows into the bowl. = thegreatimmensity.org == http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/re_futures/ Renewable Electricity Futures Study A report published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Renewable Electricity Futures Study (RE Futures), is an initial investigation of the extent to which renewable energy supply can meet the electricity demands of the continental United States over the next several decades. This study explores the implications and challenges of very high renewable electricity generation levels—from 30% up to 90%, focusing on 80%, of all U.S. electricity generation from renewable technologies—in 2050. At such high levels of renewable electricity generation, the unique characteristics of some renewable resources, specifically geographical distribution and variability and uncertainty in output, pose challenges to the operability of the nation's electric system