Going Green Energy: Learn about Energy Sources that will Help Save the Planet

By Desmond Gahan

Sustainable energy is energy that is consumed at insignificant rates compared to its supply and with manageable collateral effects, especially environmental effects. Another common definition of sustainable energy is an energy system that serves the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.[1]The organizing principle for sustainability is sustainable development, which includes the four interconnected domains: ecology, economics, politics and culture.[2] Sustainability science is the study of sustainable development and environmental science.[3]

Technologies promote sustainable energy including renewable energy sources, such as hydroelectricity, solar energy, wind energy, wave power, geothermal energy, bioenergy, tidal power and also technologies designed to improve energy efficiency. Costs have fallen dramatically in recent years, and continue to fall. Most of these technologies are either economically competitive or close to being so. Increasingly, effective government policies support investor confidence and these markets are expanding. Considerable progress is being made in the energy transition from fossil fuels to ecologically sustainable systems, to the point where many studies support 100% renewable energy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sepharial
• Release date: Jun 23, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386865810

Desmond Gahan

Desmond Gahan BA., (Dip. Applied Psychology) is the author and publisher of many non fiction books. His special area is psychology and psychopathology. He lives in Dublin Ireland.

Book preview

Chapter 1:

Introduction

Synopsis

Global warming and pollution go hand in hand but the major concern of most scientists and environmentalists now is global warming or the constant rise of the earth’s temperature.

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For the past decades, science has recorded that the constant rise in temperature has been caused by human activity. With all the pollutants that are produced by humans, these three gases namely, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane.

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Studies have already shown how these gasses can trap heat but there are still some uncertainties on how the earth reacts to it. What they do know is that the earth needs to stay temperate enough to support life but that humans are speeding up the process.

The Basics

With the rise of our technical advancement, humans have produced more and more greenhouse gasses while the earth is struggling with constant climate change. As humans, we create more and more factories to provide everyone with all the materials and appliances that they need, more pollutants are dumped into our air and water