On current
fossil fuel energy use forecasts we run out of the remaining 250 GtC Carbon Budget to remain under a 2 C rise around 2033 or in 20 years.
When you state «On current
fossil fuel energy use forecasts we run out of the remaining 250 GtC Carbon Budget to remain under a 2 C rise around 2033 or in 20 years.»
What would motivate the world's richest corporations to make a policy change to cut
fossil fuel energy use in their company to under 10 % by 2050 or else?
All climate change authorities place this event occurring at current business as usual
fossil fuel energy use forecasts (or RCP 8.5) by ~ 2040 or 25 years from now.
The largest majority of real cuts in
fossil fuel energy use need to come from the world's richest people and largest corporations to solve the problem faster.
So, «Business As Usual
Fossil Fuel Energy Use» is a disaster in the making
They report in Environmental Research Letters that they examined 740 different production systems for 90 different foods, to calculate levels of land use, greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs),
fossil fuel energy use, the nutrient runoff that leads to eutrophication or «dead zones» in lakes and rivers, and the potential for acidification of the waters.
Reacting to recent research finding that Americans were more likely to follow advice on cutting
fossil fuel energy use from climate scientists who had also taken personal steps to decarbonize, Anthony Watts carried out what he described as an «ariel survey» of climate scientists» homes.
Energy efficiency retrofits for homes have been identified as a key growth area for the U.S. economy, providing jobs for Americans while decreasing
fossil fuel energy use.
So, «Business As Usual
Fossil Fuel Energy Use» is a disaster in the making.
Top priorities of the Trump transition team and cabinet nominees — many who disregard the connection between global warming and
fossil fuel energy use — include rolling back eight years of Obama administration climate regulations and restrictions on coal, oil and gas development.
In those figures KA is speaking about how much Nuclear is needed to REPLACE
ALL FOSSIL FUELS ENERGY USE GLOBALLY.
Replacing 11,000 Mtoe of energy — Per Year — by 2040 means replacing (or reducing the demand for) more than all
the fossil fuel energy used globally today.
Not exact matches
The advantage of
fossil fuels and nuclear power, that renewable sources still can't match, is the way they hold
energy for
use when you want it.
As I wrote for NOVA Next, Germany stabilized its grid and electricity supply by dialing up its
fossil fuel, nuclear, and hydro power, while also asking four
energy - hogging aluminum smelters to dial down their power
use temporarily.
But
fossil fuels still account for the majority of both electricity
use and primary
energy use overall, and at no time in the near future will that change.
Nearly 15 % of the electricity consumed in the United States each year is
used to keep people cool, meaning America
uses as much
fossil fuel for air conditioning as Africa
uses for all its
energy needs.
Although consumption of nonfossil
fuels is expected to grow faster than
fossil fuels,
fossil fuels still account for 77 % of
energy use in 2040.
That means making sure prices cover not only the direct costs of supplying
energy but also the environmental externalities associated with production and
use of
fossil fuels — the waste water (which increases a variety of risks), and the broader side effects from vehicle
use — congested roads, traffic deaths, and so on.
Having acknowledged the need to turn from the overdependence on
fossil fuels to more environmentally friendly sources of
energy, the government has tried to encourage the production of automobiles that
use alternative sources of
fuel by trying to give tax incentives to any buyers of such cars.
Elon Musk is very enthusiastic in pushing for the widespread
use of solar
energy to replace
fossil fuels, so it was no surprise that the Tesla continues to focus on improving its technology for
energy storage — if the car manufacturer's gigafactory is any indication of that.
«Canadians support a shift in our
energy use from
fossil fuels to cleaner
energy as quickly as possible.
Today the share of
fossil fuels account for 87 % of all
energy use and despite growing investments in renewable
energy, this figure has been constant the last twenty years.
«We are working closely with the CleanTech Alliance Fund team to build U.S. infrastructure that will reduce our dependence on
fossil fuels, expand the
use of renewable
energy and recycled materials, and improve the efficiency of our economy,» said Scott Brown, Managing Partner of the Fund.
While it is becoming cheaper and cheaper to produce and
use solar
energy, the cost of transitioning from
fossil fuels is still very real.
Fossil fuel company's need to recongnize this, and
use their large cash flows to fund renewable
energy investment to give share holders the best returns available.
To live up to that duty, science tells us we must reduce our reliance on
fossil fuels, and find better ways to create and
use the
energy we need.
After his departure, China said it plans to accelerate the
use of alternative -
energy cars, phasing out sales of
fossil -
fuel vehicles and turning the province into a free - trade port.
The less we
use fossil fuels and other forms of polluting or dangerous
energy the better.
The problem is aggravated by a model of development based on the intensive
use of
fossil fuels, which is at the heart of the worldwide
energy system.
When
fossil fuels run out we shall have invented ways of
using the
energy of the sun to drive our industries.
The transition to an ecologically sustainable society requires reduced consumption of goods, the efficient recycling of materials, a move away from the
use of
fossil fuels to the
use of renewable sources of
energy, zero global population growth, a reduced standard of living for the rich, an increased standard of living for the poor and an appeal to quality of life instead of materialism.
By far the most important source of disruption of the environment comes from the
use of
fossil fuels for
energy.
The climatological effect of this borrowed
energy use and resulting emissions can be debated, but the reality of an agricultural system heavily reliant on
fossil fuel and mechanization is indisputable.
The LCA examined the effects of a 1 kilogram industry - average corrugated product manufactured in 2014 on seven environmental impact indicators: global warming potential (greenhouse gas emissions), eutrophication, acidification, smog, ozone depletion, respiratory effects,
fossil fuel depletion; and four inventory indicators: water
use, water consumption, renewable
energy demand, and non-renewable
energy demand.
CCN is embarking on an environmental initiative that will see it
use technology from international green
energy leader Global Water Engineering to harvest biogas (methane)
energy from waste water to replace
fossil fuels and provide reliable base load
energy while simultaneously achieving much cleaner effluent.
Released to the public in June 2017, the latest corrugated industry life cycle assessment (LCA) confirms continued environmental progress through increased efficiencies in mill
energy systems, increased
use of low - impact
fossil fuels, and increased recovery for recycling.
Mr Bambridge says this the plant indirectly reduces the brewery's carbon footprint by reducing the brewery's demands on
fossil fuels and the electricity needs for wastewater treatment by
using energy - friendly anaerobic pre-treatment technology in which GWE is a world leader.
On top of that, organic farming reduces non-renewable
energy use by decreasing the need for chemicals, which require high quantities of
fossil fuel to be produced.
If you've got it, flaunt it — and your hair will remain perfect until the excess
energy you
used powering two hair dryers will hasten the world's expenditure of
fossil fuels to the point where we can no longer afford the electricity to power hair dryers, and instead resort into walking into darkened caves full of bats and allowing the collective heat of their tiny nocturnal bodies to hasten the evaporation of our surplus hair water.
Not only will these projects benefit our environment by reducing dependence on
fossil fuels and
using renewable
energy, but they are also creating well - paying jobs for New Yorkers.
Proponents argue it would boost New York's natural gas supply to help keep
energy costs down while creating jobs and generating tax revenue, while opponents, who rallied this month ahead of the decision, say it would increase
fossil -
fuel use, harm sensitive ecosystems and put the state at inordinate risk of dangerous methane leaks.
The technical advantage is that local generation eliminates the enormous losses of wasted heat and long transmission that consume more than half the
energy used in electricity generation by
fossil fuels or nuclear.
Cuomo, meanwhile, is pushing the state toward transitioning away from
fossil fuels and toward
using more renewable
energies in the coming decade.
Having the Belleayre, Gore and Whiteface ski centers join The Climate Reality Project's «I Am Snow 100 %» program is in line with Cuomo's Clean
Energy Standard, which requires that half of all electricity
used in New York come from renewable sources, rather than
fossil fuels, by 2030, the governor's office said in a press release.
NYSERDA, a public benefit corporation, offers objective information and analysis, innovative programs, technical expertise, and support to help New Yorkers increase
energy efficiency, save money,
use renewable
energy, and reduce reliance on
fossil fuels.
«Let's do what we can to make sure we have the
energy available for people right now but invest in forward thinking: in renewable technologies, in wind turbines, in solar panels, in geothermal, to help us transition off so we have the ability to
use energy and electricity in future years to come not with
fossil fuels.»
The process of moving from
fossil fuels to renewable
energy will advance as the costs of
using renewable
energy starts to matches the costs of
using fossil fuels...
It's that the costs of
using renewable
energy are still far greater than the cost of
using fossil fuel in the vast majority of applications...
The US is seriously expanding its green
energy, now even faster than expanding its
fossil fuels use.