Ranking and results by 2050

Reduced CO2 84.6 Gigatons, Net cost $1.23 trillion, Net savings $7.4 trillion

A very interesting fact is by the uneven heating of the earth’s surface and the planet’s rotation , air is drawn from areas of higher pressure to lower pressure creating tides of air or wind.

In essence, the wind energy of just three states — Kansas, North Dakota, and Texas — would meet all our electrical needs cost to coast. However, weather is inconsistent and wind does not always move the turbines . Interconnected wind and solar grids could overcome the fluctuations of each other.

Wind generated power also does not have adequate government subsidies, and this detracts from it’s cost competitiveness. Currently the International Monetary Fund estimates that the fossil fuel industry received more than $5.3 trillion in direct and indirect subsidies in 2015, and the U. S. wind energy industry has received $12.3 billion in direct subsidies TOTAL since the year 2000. As this changes, wind will be the least expensive source of installed electrical power over the course of the next decade.

– From Paul Hawken’s book “Drawdown”