A lasting solution to the global energy crisis requires a frank admission!

If off-shore wind farms and solar panels were the solution, we would have seen that solution years back. We keep kidding ourselves! One look at fossil fuel consumption and it is clear to the dumbest person around that it ain’t something wind turbines can impact. I read an article this evening about some new idea of floating off-shore solar panels. Seriously?
we have at least 2 continents (Africa and Asia) where the intensity of the sun for most part of the year, is there to see, but half of Africa is in darkness, with no access to electricity. The time and money we’re spending out here, on these costly ideas that generate minuscule amount of energy, we could invest a fraction of that, on tapping into solar or wind energy in those most ideal locations.
But sensibly, we need bigger ideas!
These isolated innovation ain’t gonna get us anywhere fast enough!