I agree and have multiple essays on the matter. Here is my latest:
FURNACES OF INDUSTRY
It is important to understand that this is only one of many high temperature process required for an industrial world.
In the USA –
“Glass manufacturing accounted for 1% of total industrial energy use in EIA’s most recent survey of the manufacturing sector. Overall fuel use is dominated by natural gas (73%) and electricity (24%), with the remaining share (3%) from several other fuels. Natural gas use at glass manufacturing facilities in 2010 was 146 trillion Btu, about 143 billion cubic feet.
If we convert the natural gas to kWh, we get:
143 billion cubic feet Natural Gas = 41,909,163,034.63 kWh
Annual output, 1,301 GWh (125 MW avg. power). Website topazsolar.com. Topaz Solar Farm is a 550-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic power station in San Luis Obispo …
Construction cost: $2.4 billion
Construction began: 2011
Annual output: 1,301 GWh; (125 MW avg. power)
Capacity factor: 24.4% (2014–2015)
From above:
143 billion cubic feet Natural Gas = 41,909,163,034.63 kWh
The Annual output of Topaz Solar Farm is:
1,301 GWh = 1301000000 kWh
It would take 32 of these installations to replace the energy
used for just the glass made in the USA in the year 2010.
That would be 288,000,000 solar panels.
10 Mahattans
Almost 46,000 Football fields.
The sun shines during the day and not every day.
So of course the energy would need to be stored because glass factories run 24/7 365 days/year for up to 18 years.
The USA is only a part of the glass manufacturer globally.
See much more at: http://sunweber.blogspot.com/2017/07/furnaces-of-industry_14.html
