solar efficiency
Did you see where enough solar energy falls on the world in ONE MINUTE to power the entire world for a YEAR? I understand unintended consequences can sometimes cause problems, but I fail to see how harvesting energy from the sun will cause any more problems than planting enough trees to use that energy for photosynthesis. TIDAL energy, and possibly geothermal and wind energy might disrupt things, but not solar IMO. FUSION energy might solve a lot of problems, since the byproducts are essentially HELIUM, but we still haven't been able to access that power yet.