I agree to some extent, but the technology is still early-stage and doesn't scale as well as fossil fuels. The quadratic dependence of emitted energy on surface area isn't necessarily bad, though it does raise some questions.
I hope it is not a strict limitation for the technology ...
What do you mean it doesnt scale as well?? It scales much better! It's super complex to extract mechanical work out of exploding pistons, if i need more energy with solar I just make bigger panels (or wait for some more efficiency gains).
Fossil output has also increased significantly and none of our goals to mitigate further warming have been met.
Yeah, 2010: CAE Modelling; 2015: blockchain; now: AI... All these technologies need more and more energy. Given that people are conservative and switch off older, energy-consuming technologies more slowly, this looks like a major challenge.