Renewables can turn the tide on global warming
- There is no “silver bullet” solution to our energy crisis. But a new study shows that the right combination of renewables may be our best bet.
The American Solar Energy Association (ASES), with the backing of several U.S. representatives and a senator, released its new nuts and bolts approach to reducing carbon emissions with a combination of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
The report comes at an opportune time: the release of the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest climate change report is expected to finally clear up any lingering uncertainty about the role fossil fuel burning and other human activities have in changing the Earth’s climate. As the deniers and obstructionists lose all credibility, the debate now turns to solutions.
The ASES report, titled “Tackling Climate Change in the US — Potential Carbon Emissions Reductions From Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by 2030,” makes this extraordinary claim: “Energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies have the potential to provide most, if not all, of the US carbon emissions reductions that will be needed to help limit the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide to 450 to 500 ppm.”
Read original by Kelpie Wilson on AlterNet.
