The greenhouse effect and solar power

The news reports are becoming more alarming every year. Catastrophic fires, massive floods, and extreme droughts are becoming regular news events. California is setting new records for fire volumes this season and it has only just begun. It is very clear to scientists that burning fossil fuels is the root cause of the world’s air and water pollution. Policymakers all over the world are considering alternative energy sources that reverse the trend toward pollution of our earth. Renewable energy is a more sustainable way to consume energy that will create a long-term solution when we have exhausted the world’s fossil fuel supplies. The world has been largely reliant on fossil fuels for energy, firing up more than 20 billion tons of carbon into the environment every year. These fossil fuels are becoming consumed rapidly, and demand for energy is increasing. Currently, the construction industry and other industries that rely heavily on fossil fuels are transitioning to  sustainable and renewable resources to become less dependent on these polluting forms of energy

Europe is most progressive in clean energy
 
In some places, such as the European Union and the United Kingdom, commitments to transitioning toward renewable energy were made several years ago. The EU countries said in 2007 than 20% of its energy would be renewable energy by 2020, similarly, the UK committed to 15% of energy usage being renewables. The United States, on the other hand, has an administration currently who deny that global warming exists. Can policies supporting fossil fuel and coal production be far behind? Despite renewable energy’s ability to positively impact the environment, a few moronic should debate about which forms of energy are truly “renewable.” Here are some energy sources that are considered truly “renewable”:
 
Solar energy is the wave of the future...and the present!

Solar converts sunlight, a naturally renewable and inexhaustible resource, into electricity. Several new solar technologies are being introduced making this form of energy more efficient. Even without further technological innovation, solar is already producing more power than ever before.
 
Tidal and wave power

Tidal turbines can generate electricity from the changing of the ocean’s tides. Similarly, electricity can be captured from the ocean’s waves, which are limitless. Scientists are working on technological innovations that will make this form of energy generation more efficient.
 
Wind power is already generating juice for the grid

Wind can be converted into electricity using wind turbines. However, wind turbines only generate energy 70-85% of the time, so their effectiveness is controversial. There are some who find the towers an “eyesore” but are those people pleased to see nuclear cooling towers, a symbol of man’s idiocy? Energy-related projects provided more than 2 million construction jobs in 2016. This is equivalent to 31% of the entire construction workforce. Of the 2 million jobs, 1.4 million of them were in the energy-efficiency category. The major limitation of fully switching to renewable energy is that it is hard to locate and produce. The production of renewable energy is expensive and relies on some unpredictable variables, such as weather conditions and even the degree of pollution in a given vicinity.

There has never been a better time to install a solar energy system!

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