The tenth Edition of the US Department of Energy is out, and it makes grim reading, not that this was unexpected. There is some growth in renewables, but right now the main generic parity cost renewables – Wind and Solar, are left in the dust in the US, making up 2.4% and 0.8% of total used energy respectively. The great bulk of US renewables is biomass, but this is misleading as it still results in CO2 emissions. It is only renewable in the sense that it can be grown and by growing it some CO2 is taken out of the air. In China renewables accounted for 26.45% in 2017, but China also relies heavily on hydro power. It has a…