The Decline of Renewable Energy. By Bjørn Lomborg
Excerpt: Many today believe that renewable energy will let us get off fossil fuels soon. Unfortunately, the facts say otherwise. According to International Energy Agency data, 13.12% of the world's energy came from renewables in 1971, the first year that the IEA reported global statistics. In 2011, renewables' share was actually lower, at 12.99%. … Burning wood in pre-industrial Western Europe caused massive deforestation, as is occurring in much of the developing world today. The indoor air pollution that biomass produces kills more than three million people annually.