Green Energy - Alternatives To Fossil Fuels
Today we live in a world where fossil fuels (oil, natural gas and coal) provide more than 90% of the total energy. The energy needs are increasing and it is estimated that fossil fuels will be depleted in not so distant future. The need to look for alternative sources of energy is therefore a priority.
Why alternatives? Two reasons - energy supply and environmental concerns. We all know fossil fuels will eventually run out. By some estimates, they may be depleted within the next 50 years or so. Fossil fuels were formed from organic materials (dead plants and animals) over hundreds of millions of years and cannot be renewed. When they run out, they are gone for good.
Another growing concern is environmental pollution. Today, the combustion of fossil fuels is one of the biggest source of atmospheric pollution. Burning fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and many other poisonous chemicals that go into the air, water, and ground. This causes both health and environmental issues such as smog, acid rain, climate change, ozone depletion, and so on.
The future is definitely in renewable energy sources like home solar power and wind power. They come in practically unlimited supplies and don’t pollute the environment like fossil fuels do.
Our overly dependence on fossil fuels is not a good thing and we should start making serious efforts to decrease it. Being dependant on something that will soon run out, is not very healthy.
The main objection against green energy is the cost. That’s true, renewable energy is generally more expensive, but for how long? When fossil fuels start to run out, the price will climb and we won’t have a viable replacement.
Green and renewable energy should be our main focus in the coming decades. The sooner we become free of our fossil fuel addiction, the better.
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