Your Questions About Sustainable Energy Solutions
Carol asks…
What are three dangerous assumptions behind global warming?
If you can think of some, please elaborate and/or provide links.
Also, what are some solutions to this issue?
admin answers:
The most dangerous assumption is that people would care about their future and the future of human societey. Underestimating how much people are addicted to cheap unsustainable energy.
Then the assumption that the global industrial growth sytem: fossil fuel, logging, agri-business, transport …; would all accept that they only have 15-20 years to failure unless they change their practices now.
So the assumption that people would listen to the concensus scientific evidence rather than the media that is trying to sell more consumption is doomed. Media have all the best communicators to tell their story, science only has facts.
The solution is a great turning from industrial growth society to a sustainable culture based on a recognition of the limits of growth and peoples empowerment and taking responsibility for their footprints http://www.greatturningtimes.org
Mandy asks…
Is Petroalgae the future of mankind?
I haven’t found any specific news about petroalgae but it’s basically a type of algae that can produce a lot of clean oil. I can’t find any specific information on how petroalgae works but I do know that it’s very efficient and can actually take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and clean some waste out of rivers. I find this very pleasing as other energy solutions aren’t as efficient as petroalgae is. Is Petroalgae the future of mankind?
admin answers:
As a feedstock for transportation fuel, algae oil offers many benefits:
Renewable and sustainable
Essentially carbon neutral
Reduces other harmful emissions
Does not compete for land used by traditional oil crops like soybeans, rapeseed, or palm kernel
Uses water efficiently, and has the ability to clean it as well .
Petroalgae certainly has the potential to help solve some of our problems doesn’t it.
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