Fossil fuels

Since people are not interested in nuclear power, to move completely away from fossil fuels means to increase wind and solar, one of which is dependent on wind and the other on sunlight. 80% of current wind production is in 12 states and that is for a reason. It's where the wind blows. It is too costly to store electricity so both of these methods rely on backup sources which today means fossil fuels. Energy should come from all available sources but wind and solar cannot replace fossil fuels. One concern as wind and solar increase is the amount of rare earth metals needed and how mining of these metals harms the environment. Solar is great for homes and businesses or other stationary buildings. To operate semi trucks and locomotives on batteries is too costly and airplanes are out of the question. Operating ocean vessels including military is OK using nuclear fuels. The obvious move to improve air quality and reduce CO2 is to use natural gas for transportation.