World can switch to 100% renewables by 2050 - report

Forget the coal lobby and the fossil fools. A new study shows that the world could achieve 100% renewable energy by 2050, reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero.

100% renewable energy for all is achievable by 2050, and is the only way to ensure the world does not descend into catastrophic climate change . Dynamic change is taking place in the energy sector. Renewable energies have become mainstream in most countries, and prices have fallen dramatically. The report shows we could transform our energy supply, switching to renewables, which would mean a stabilization of global CO2 emissions by 2020, and bringing down emissions towards near zero emissions in 2050. 

Fossil fuels should be phased out in stages The Energy [R]evolution proposes a phase -o ut of fossil fuels starting with lignite (the most carbon - intensive) by 2035 , followed by coal (2045 ) , then oil and then finally gas (2050) . The rate of phase - out of oil and gas matches the rate of depletion of existing oil and gas fields. So exploration for new fields should be seen as high - risk investment as the “assets” may be stranded. more

Why oh why are Australian state and federal governments still investing in coal and the like? There's is unlimited energy all around us. To dig up a new coal mine at the expense of the environment is insanity.