Solar energy and emissions

Climate change has become one of the biggest issues mankind must face in the immediate future. The most recent reports from climate scientists suggest that we may already be past the "point of no return."We are emitting greenhouse gases at an alarming level that is endangering life on earth. Greenhouse Gases or GHG’s are those noxious gases that exist in our atmosphere that contribute to global climate change, either directly or indirectly by trapping the earth’s heat and making our planet hotter. Although some of these greenhouse gases occur spontaneously within the atmosphere, the result of human and industrial activity on the earth has expanded their size and alters the atmospheric balance.

Greenhouse gas emissions are hazardous for all  life on the earth

Our planet naturally experiences a mild greenhouse effect keeping the temperature at the surface just right, that is not too cool, and not too hot. This allows people to live comfortably on the planet and just as important, for much of the water at the surface to maintain liquid form.

Reducing our carbon footprint is extremely important now

Fossil fuel burning to generate electricity has caused a major increase in coal burning thereby increasing our carbon footprint and increasing our total emissions of greenhouse gases. So in order to curtail the quantity of greenhouse gas emitted daily into our atmosphere, we must reduce the combustion of fossil fuels by changing how we burn fossil fuels. An increase in fossil fuel efficiency will help in lessening greenhouse gases, but these are inherently polluting sources and can't be expected to burn cleanly. Don't listen to those liars who say coal can be "clean."

The industrial sector will have to play a major role in defeating harmful gas emissions by increasing the efficiency of their production processes making them a cleaner, less energy consuming process which will help diminish the amount of electricity being produced to meet the demand. In addition, we need to install energy-efficient machinery or use more efficient energy sources or find alternative energy sources which when burnt form or emit little or no carbon gas.

In addition to the ignition of conventional fossil fuels, the burning of methane which is a component of natural gas produces even more greenhouse gases as during combustion the methane blends with oxygen to form water, heat and carbon dioxide. Also, methane as a gas is more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat within the atmosphere and contributing to the overall global warming problem.

However, methane (CH4) obtained from burning biomass and biomass resources such as landfill solid waste, agricultural activities, animal manure, etc, generates biogas via a process known as anaerobic digestion, which is classified as renewable.

Large amounts of emissions have already been prevented by solar energy

Globally, large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions have been blocked by the development of waste-to-energy facilities compared to open landfills and the recovered waste gases and biofuels are used in the generation of energy in the form of heat, electricity, or linked heat and power has become a more effective way of dealing with unwanted waste producing no greenhouse gases or other atmospheric pollutants.

Sea levels have risen globally almost six to eight inches in the last hundred years. Some of this rise is a direct consequence of the melting of mountain glaciers and the polar ice-caps. Some has resulted from an expansion of oceanic waters that have appeared from the warmer ocean temperatures. What is becoming increasingly clear is that the chemical composition of earth’s atmosphere is changing and we must accept renewable energy answers that don't cause more harm to the planet.

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