Perhaps, but that strikes me as a soluble problem.
There's a proposal for a Supergrid, for example, that'd link Saharan Africa, Norway, the North Sea, the North Atlantic, and possibly Iceland with DC cables. This would provide all of the regions power needs in principle. Sure, there's an engineering problem, but there's also good reason to think that it's eminently doable.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:16, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

any engineering problem can be solved with enough money

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:21, Reply)

Yup.
And the Supergrid idea, from what I've seen, would be expensive. But possibly still a good investment.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:22, Reply)

it could indeed be a good investment
unfortunately there would be a lot of politics involved, and hence a lot of politicians....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 2 Dec 2009, 12:24, Reply)