Why Sustainable Energy?
If you could choose the source of the energy you use, which would it be - ancient fossil fuels or clean renewable energy?
Global climate change poses an enormous threat to our civilization and our world. The urgency of the crisis calls us to replace our use of fossil fuels as quickly as we can with sustainable energy for all our transportation, electricity and heat needs, creating a clean, green, sustainable world.
Solar energy from the sun, wind, waves, water, and bioenergy is available on a daily renewable basis. So is lunar energy from the tides and geothermal energy from the Earth’s core.
The sun will not begin to die until five billion years have passed, and until then it will continue to send us free, clean nuclear energy.
All fossil fuels release carbon. With every passing year we are pouring another 8.5 billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, fuelling global warming and all its woes.
Ten Reasons Why Sustainable Energy Makes Sense
1. Sustainable energy does not produce carbon dioxide, methane or other pollutants when you use it.
2. Most forms of sustainable energy are falling in cost.
3. Sustainable energy never runs out.
4. The use of sustainable energy generates three times more jobs than fossil fuels.
5. Countries do not need to go to war to secure their supply of sustainable energy.
6. When we spend money on sustainable energy it remains in the national economy, stimulating more activity.
7. The use of sustainable energy does not corrupt democracy.
8. Many forms of sustainable energy are local, eliminating the need for pipelines, tankers, and long transmission lines.
9. Sustainable energy is competitive with other types of energy.
10. When there’s a huge solar energy spill, it’s called a nice day.
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