Renewable energy is available, but the technology is not ready.
We have access to more renewable energy than we can possibly use.
Choosing the right renewable technology to deploy will depend on how much ecological and environmental damage is sacrificed in the process of extraction, waste and disposal.
In the future how many of these solar and wind farms will be abandoned due to financial collapse, because they have come to the end of life and not generating enough energy and ultimately money?
I feel that currently we are in the wild west phase of renewables, where solar and wind turbines are money spinners, but the long term impacts are not being correctly evaluated.
Both technologies present ecological impact before, during and after operation.
Three of the most contributing factors of disruption being ignored:
1. Mining for lithium batteries
2. Affects on Avian wildlife caused by wind turbines
3. Land occupation, caused by solar and wind farms.
The fossil fuels we use today, will be replaced by an abundance of electrical energy, but the renewables we choose will create new stresses on the environment and ecology.
Circular economy for these technologies would help, but the exhaustive rollout of only two solutions wind and solar farms that offer a relatively short lifespans will be detrimental to our future survival and energy security.
To fix the long term problem, we need to understand the Jevons paradox theory, which assumes the lower the cost, the higher the demand. So the exponential demand and material requirements will increase too.
Our efforts to fight overshoot and Climate change are being used as a vehicle to fund cash tycoons in solar and wind farms that offer a temporary short lived solution to a long-term problem.
The obsolescence of the current renewables is a growing concern and issue..
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As previously stated:
"The renewable energy is available, but the technology is not ready."
"We need to think in terms of renewable energy conservation, rather than consumable energy consumption." - Andrew Karim
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Thanks for commenting Gorffly, Yes harnessing and conserving the energy are critical, however if we can harness energy constantly from a safe renewable source then storage is not an issue! For example thermal energy is a constant 24 hour source of renewable energy so might not need energy storage, however the risks include water contamination, subsidence, earthquakes and GHG emissions. Active Kinetic 1 is currently the lowest cost and lowest impact method to generate electricity. It is a new and emerging tech that uses renewable kinetic energy, which is globally abundant 24 hours, totally green and clean. It has an extremely low ecological impact and it is environmentally sustainable. I hope you will join the mission to a clean energy future and promote awareness, to help mitigate climate change affecting billions of lives.
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While renewable energy sources are abundant, the challenge lies in advancing technology to efficiently harness & store it. Selecting the right technology requires careful consideration of ecological impacts and environmental sustainability.