Energy and Climate
It took around 260 million years for fossil fuels to form. We humans harvested and burned most of them in around 260 years; a million times faster than they were laid down.
Scientists are now extremely confident that the extra carbon from fossil fuels has changed our environment and climate, and we are still burning them in large amounts.
We need to decarbonise our economies, in terms of fuels and electrical energy generation, and do it quickly. The wealthiest nations have caused the issue, so they should pay up, so the poorest can afford renewable sources.
We have left things very very late and now drastic action is needed! It is far from clear that we haven’t pushed things too far already – IPCC Feb 2022!
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Fission Energy
This is the traditional form of nuclear energy, where very large atoms like uranium and plutonium are split by neutron bombardment, and the reduction in mass is released as energy. The energy released in nuclear fission generates heat which is then used to generate steam to drive a turbine and generator to put electricity on the grid. Exceedingly large atoms…
Climate Change
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Energy that does not produce CO2 or other emissions that affect the climate. Typical examples are wind and solar power and are also referred to as renewable energy sources. Many of these energy sources have become cheaper to produce and run than many fossil fuel powered energy sources. A key downside of energy sources like solar and wind is they…