meantime, I'll address your post...
>I whole heartedly agree with the author's comments on land use for Renewables and their inherent variability, or "Load Factor" as the power industry refers to it...these are impediments that cannot be ignored and will definitely limit their applications.
>The foregoing is why I continue to champion the use of nuclear power...very high power density and therefore very low 'land use'...also, very high "Load Factor"..i.e. Availability...already proven to be consistently above 90%.
>The author is the CEO of an oil field services company...so he's focused on natural gas...to the exclusion of any beneficial use of Renewables, or even nuclear.
We need to stop incinerating our precious fossil fuels...we absolutely need them for many other uses, of which most can employ 'recycling' of them...now that we have alternatives for heating and power, we need to switch over to Renewables and lots more nuclear power plants.