Reinventing the Energy System by Christopher Flavin and Seth Dunn
The big message for this selection is that the world needs to move away from out current energy resources and work toward the renewable resources, becoming more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas, should no longer be considered options, and we should be looking toward the more abundant ones such as the sun, wind and others. It would be a big move for humankind to move away from the fossil fuels, as we cannot be sustained on them for much longer. Considering that we have already used up 800 billion barrels of oil out of 1 trillion, which means half has already been used up.
The big message for this selection is that the world needs to move away from out current energy resources and work toward the renewable resources, becoming more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas, should no longer be considered options, and we should be looking toward the more abundant ones such as the sun, wind and others. It would be a big move for humankind to move away from the fossil fuels, as we cannot be sustained on them for much longer. Considering that we have already used up 800 billion barrels of oil out of 1 trillion, which means half has already been used up.
The pollution caused by burning fossil fuels is incredible, as well as the destruction to land for extraction in oil or coal mining. Flavin and Dunn state that "human activities could be ending the period of relative stability that has endured over the pat 10,000 years...", backing up that climate change his human induced. Now is the opportunity to use the technologies for the renewable resources, especially for developing countries. Wind and sun power are so easily available for developing countries that it would make the most sense to start with those instead of supplying fossil fuels for energy. Solar energy costs are lowering as technology advances, and same goes for the continued advancement in wind and hydrological energy as well. Leaders such as Germany, Japan, and the United States are great examples of advancing technologies, but Flavin and Dunn also belive that a country does not have to be large or powerful to bring into place leading technologies for accessing wind power etc. (Image taken from http://commercialsolarpros.com)Simple changes can be made without sacrificing lifestyle. People need to make efforts in these minor changes to help toward sustaining our future, as well as the future peoples of our world. Flavin and Dunn believe that energy is something to be valued and respected, and the sooner the better to make these changes.
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