# 100% renewables: ‘wishful thinking’ or an imperative goal?

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**Created:** [24 October 2017 01:00 UTC](https://ageoftransformation.discourse.group/t/100-renewables-wishful-thinking-or-an-imperative-goal/113 "2017-10-24T01:00:00Z")\
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In this essay, I was provoked to respond to Stan Cox’s widely-shared article [“100 Percent Wishful Thinking: The Green-Energy Cornucopia”](http://greensocialthought.org/content/100-percent-wishful-thinking-green-energy-cornucopia), in which he argues that a transition to 100% renewable energy is neither technically feasible, nor desirable.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://ageoftransformation.org/100-renewables-wishful-thinking-or-an-imperative-goal/](https://ageoftransformation.org/100-renewables-wishful-thinking-or-an-imperative-goal/)