The environment’s falling apart, and one of the major causes is the burning of fossil fuels. Well, this wouldn’t be the case if less fossil fuels were burned, right? This is exactly the message we are trying to convey to everyone. If more and more fossil fuels get burned the more the environment gets scarred. In our research we have come up with good and superior alternatives for fossil fuels, which are eco-friendly. Our group’s main goal is to make people realize how badly damaged the environment is and if we do nothing eventually nature will turn her back on us. If we let the environment get ruined the entire planet will eventually die, and that’s the main reason for our advocacy. Hopefully the message that we are conveying will give a new light to saving the environment.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Renewable Energy: It’s Simple
Oil is running out. CO2 levels are rising. The world is getting hotter. These are three statements that give problems to people from all walks of life today. Scientists, experts and others have proposed many solutions to solve these problems. Some are bizarre, some are sophisticated, yet some are simple. Just like renewable energy.
Renewable energy, what is it?
Short answer: Energy that can be renewed.
Better answer: Energy that came from natural sources and is naturally replenishing.
A lot of good things separate it from oil, making it the better energy source. It provides less pollution, it comes from many sources (water, sunlight, wind, etc.), and, as said, it is renewable.
Renewable energy (RE), comprising 18% of the world’s energy, has been seeing increase in its annual usage. Wind power grows at a rate of 30% per year. In 2006, the manufacturing output of photovoltaic cells (solar power) reached 2000 mega watts (MW). Government bodies are even promoting – and rewarding – the use of RE.
Examples:
- European Union agreed that by 2020, 20% of the energy source will come from RE
- With support from different countries and entrepreneurs, The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA), predicts that by 2010, the global total of wind energy will be 170000 MW.
- In 2008, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed the Renewable Energy Act, which promotes the use of RE and gives incentives to its promoters.
- The Cebu Declaration on East Asian Energy Security, which promotes energy security and the finding of alternatives (a.k.a. RE) to conventional fuel ,was a treaty signed by 16 nations.
Right now, the use of RE has been at a minimal, but nevertheless still significant. With the many different problems the world is facing today, the use of RE is expected to increase. Right now, only some types of RE are marketable, while the others are still under technological development (like photovoltaic cells). But when the needed developments are finished, all the types of renewable energy will be affordable.
It’s not forever that man will be mining oil. Carbon dioxide might reach historical peak the moment you wake up tomorrow. Global warming might have more negative effects than what we know of so far. These are three possibilities we might have to live with. Scientists, experts, you & I, we will all be affected. It will affect us in bizarre ways, in sophisticated ways. Yet it might change our lives in simple ways. Just like renewable energy. It’s simple.
Support the use of renewable energy. It’s better than you think and a lot simpler too.
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