Comment on Seibert, M.K.; Rees, W.E. Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition. Energies 2021, 14, 4508

Vasilis Fthenakis, Marco Raugei, Christian Breyer, Suby Bhattacharya, Michael Carbajales-Dale, Michael Ginsberg, Arnulf Jäger-Waldau, Enrica Leccisi, Daniel Lincot, David Murphy, Marc J. R. Perez, Parikhit Sinha, Angus Rockett, Sascha Sadewasser, Billy J. Stanbery, Richard M. Swanson and Pierre Verlinden
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Vasilis Fthenakis: Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Marco Raugei: Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Christian Breyer: School of Energy Systems, LUT University, 53850 Lappeenranta, Finland
Suby Bhattacharya: Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK
Michael Carbajales-Dale: Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
Michael Ginsberg: Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Arnulf Jäger-Waldau: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 21014 Ispra, Italy
Enrica Leccisi: Center for Life Cycle Analysis, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Daniel Lincot: Institut Photovoltaïque d’Île de France (IPVF), CNRS UMR 9006, 18 Boulevard Thomas Gobert, 91120 Palaiseau, France
David Murphy: Environmental Studies Department, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY 13617, USA
Marc J. R. Perez: Clean Power Research, 1541 3rd Street, Napa, CA 94559, USA
Parikhit Sinha: First Solar, 350 W Washington St., Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
Angus Rockett: Angus Rockett, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 305b Hill Hall, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401, USA
Sascha Sadewasser: INL-International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Av. Mestre José Veiga s/n, 4715-330 Braga, Portugal
Billy J. Stanbery: HelioSourceTech, 8987 E. Tanque Verde, Suite 309, PMB216, Tucson, AZ 85749, USA
Richard M. Swanson: Sunpower Founder, Retired, 24700 Voorhees Drive, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022, USA
Pierre Verlinden: AMROCK Group, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-18

Abstract: This paper exposes the many flaws in the article “Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition, authored by Siebert and Rees and recently published in Energies as a Review. Our intention in submitting this critique is to expose and rectify the original article’s non-scientific approach to the review process that includes selective (and hence biased) screening of the literature focusing on the challenges related to renewable energies, without discussing any of the well-documented solutions. In so doing, we also provide a rigorous refutation of several statements made by a Seibert–Rees paper, which often appear to be unsubstantiated personal opinions and not based on a balanced review of the available literature.

Keywords: renewables; solar; wind; sustainability; resources; challenges (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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