I'm am so sick of the peak oil crowd using this ridiculous bogus argument that I am literally about to lose my cool over it. The reason that solar, wind, tidal and wave "account for less than one percent of the energy that is generated nationally" is that we have hardly BUILT any of it. If we we DID build it and switch to electrified mass transit, it would account for almost 100% of the energy generated nationally. And when peak oil speakers spout this nonsense they totally lose credibility with every person like myself who have followed solar, wind and other renewables long enough to know that if we just build these facilities, switch to high efficiency methods, localise as much as possible, and switch to electrified mass transit, the numbers work. We can have a smooth transition from a fossil fuel civilization to a renewable one. And whenever you put this argument out to well motivated but uniformed people you TURN THEM OFF to renewables and you need to STOP IT! Furthermore, you also turn -others- off to the very VALID peak oil arguments, like those against biofuels. People stop trusting what you are saying, because they know full well that you are completely wrong about solar and wind. I'm sorry to get angry, but this bs has got to stop. We are talking about a 25 year time frame here to completely turn around civilization and stop the planet from burning, and we -must- build massive amounts of wind, solar and other true renewables or we will fail. Period. Please people, analyze what you believe carefully and logically, before you repeat it to others. with respect, Eric Sue Vaughan wrote: =Eric, I think you are very unrealistic about the potential of solar, wind, tidal, and wave. Currently, all those "alternative" forms of energy generation account for less than one percent of the energy that is generated nationally. I think you need to start working the term "carbon tax" into your discussions, as we need to drastically reduce the amount of energy that we are using.=