Elmed interconnector aims to bring solar power from the Sahara to Europe

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5. Most optimistically, one third solar and wind, two thirds shale gas.

These solar and wind energy schemes are the best thing that ever happened to the natural gas industry.

Natural gas extraction, distribution, and electric power generation are among the largest industrial projects on earth.

The perception that gas is "clean," especially in conjunction with the solar and wind industry it supports, will destroy whatever is left of the natural environment on this planet as we know it, and ultimately the high energy industrial consumer economy so many affluent people now enjoy.

Consumption of natural gas worldwide is projected to increase from 120 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in 2012 to 203 Tcf in 2040 in the
International Energy Outlook 2016 (IEO2016)

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/ieo/pdf/nat_gas.pdf

We are screwed.