Energy, the world’s largest industry, is undergoing a massive shift, and it does not seem to be slowing down. Humans are shifting the way fuelling the evolution, from a contaminating fossil fuel system to a clean renewable one. This shift looks promising in the long-term development, however, has many challenges in next decades.
On the one hand, shifting the economy’s fuel from fossil based on renewable sources is an enormous challenge, but the shift is already underway. Recently, investments in renewable energy generation worldwide surpassed fossil fuel investments. In the near future, onshore and offshore winds are expected to increase together with larger utility-scale solar panels. As a result, record investments are being made in this industry, generating millions of jobs and economic prosperity. And in turn, saving our planet from catastrophic climate catastrophes.
On the other hand, renewable energy sources are inconsistent and stable, even at their best. The sheer magnitude of the battery storage capabilities required to power even a single city during insufficient energy-generation conditions is daunting. Simultaneously, the pollution effects associated with creating solar panels, manufacturing wind or hydroelectric turbines, and with creating the materials needed to store large amounts of energy are tremendous as well. Even what is touted as green energy does not avoid drawbacks.
Nevertheless, an alternative energy source can be the nuclear option. Nuclear fusion as a power source has never been given the necessary funding to develop it to fruition, but it’s the one physically possible solution to our energy needs with no obvious downsides in the short-term, if the potential for disaster is mitigated.
In the conclusion, renewable energy is a positive development in the long-term, but it still contains limitation in the near future due to the lack of technologies. Until then, humans need to target other alternative energy sources to replace fossil fuels.
Energy
, the world’s largest industry, is undergoing a massive shift, and it does not seem to be slowing down. Humans are shifting the way fuelling the evolution, from a contaminating
fossil
fuel
system to a clean
renewable
one. This shift looks promising in the long-term development,
however
, has
many
challenges in
next
decades.
On the one hand, shifting the economy’s
fuel
from
fossil
based on
renewable
sources
is an enormous challenge,
but
the shift is already underway. Recently, investments in
renewable
energy
generation worldwide surpassed
fossil
fuel
investments. In the near future, onshore and offshore winds are
expected
to increase together with larger utility-scale solar panels.
As a result
, record investments are
being made
in this industry, generating millions of jobs and economic prosperity. And in turn, saving our planet from catastrophic climate catastrophes.
On the other hand
,
renewable
energy
sources
are inconsistent and stable, even at their best. The sheer magnitude of the battery storage capabilities required to power even a single city during insufficient energy-generation conditions is daunting.
Simultaneously
, the pollution effects associated with creating solar panels, manufacturing wind or hydroelectric turbines, and with creating the materials needed to store large amounts of
energy
are tremendous
as well
. Even what
is touted
as green
energy
does not avoid drawbacks.
Nevertheless
, an alternative
energy
source
can be the nuclear option. Nuclear fusion as a power
source
has never been
given
the necessary funding to develop it to fruition,
but
it’s the one
physically
possible solution to our
energy
needs with no obvious downsides in the short-term, if the potential for disaster
is mitigated
.
In the conclusion,
renewable
energy
is a
positive
development in the long-term,
but
it
still
contains limitation in the near future due to the lack of technologies. Until then, humans need to target other alternative
energy
sources
to replace
fossil
fuels
.