RE: Why Energy Is Becoming Less Reliable—and Less Affordable—All Around the World
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I have always been interested in green energy, I took up a specialization class before focusing on this field. The problem is that some green energy raw materials still produce a much carbon footprint than that what we have today, also a problem with logistics, and high maintenance equipment needed. Since we already have a lot of studies that prove good sources of green energy I think we should now focus more on how to convert that sources in a cost-effective way.
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There are definitely other things to consider. For instance, what is the carbon cost of manufacturing and maintaining solar panels? What is the environmental cost of manufacturing the Lithium batteries needed for electric cars? For newer green energy sources (particularly intermittent sources like wind and solar), we will need much better energy storage technology than the batteries we have today for it to truly replace fossil fuel sources.
Also, current carbon capture technology allows for the capture of 90% of the CO2 released by fossil fuel powered power plants and that may, in the not too distant future, reach 100%.
yeah exactly, hope professionals will continue to seek solutions for this challenges