The key to a more sustainable future isn’t just in producing less waste, it’s finding ways to use the waste so that we do create, preferably by transforming it into new products that we can utilize. Engineers have discovered a way to give new life to waste carbon dioxide.
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Plants are really good at getting energy from the sun. It’s kind of their whole thing. Although we can sort of copy the process, photosynthesis hasn’t been seen as a viable source of energy because it cannot convert green light making it not a candidate for technical applications but that may be changing as a research team has been successful in creating a process that fills this gap.
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Wind turbines create a renewable source of energy but it turns out their blades are not easily dealt with when they’ve reached the end of their life and end up in landfills. The race is on to discover a sustainable way to handle these giant blades.
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One of the best things next to eliminating waste that we can do for our environment is find practical and sustainable ways to use that waste in other products. That’s the goal behind the Olive Jift Project that turns the waste from olive oil pressing into fuel pellets.
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Using power efficiently isn’t all about just using renewable sources, we also need better ways to store that power, on a large scale. A future that relies on renewable energy is a future that calls for better power storage to utilize it and right now, we’re mostly relying on decades old technology.
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So when we quit using fossil fuels, what’s going to happen to oil tankers? Video games and movies mostly stick with the theory that we’ll hollow them out and use them as post-apocalyptic housing. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that. Instead, they may have a future as giant, floating power farms that generate energy from waves.
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As people against renewable energy have pointed out, the sun does not always shine, the wind does not always blow and what will we do then? Well, the answer is simple, honestly. Batteries, we need batteries which is why in the coming years some people think we’ll see a rise in large batteries.
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Nothing is ever too old to make positive changes! At least that’s the lesson we can learn from Spain who is converting all 97 of it’s hotels that are found in castles and monasteries, known as paradores, into running on renewable energy sources.
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Sustainable energy is the future, we know that, but if we want to see more options and technologies that use it, then they have to be supported now. Powerhouse is the accelerator and incubator group that’s focusing on helping to support start-ups that focus on green energy.
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Here’s some incentive to switching to solar: not only can you save money on your electric, you may be able to make some too. Social Energy is releasing their innovative home systems that allow users to sell their stored energy to their local market.
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One of the things we need to do to help turn the tide on climate change is move away from fossil fuels like coal and more into low carbon fuels. Biofuel is a good prospect and the guts of a tiny crustacean may give us the key to turning wood into such fuel.
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Heating our homes is a big deal. It’s where we use a lot of energy because no one likes to be cold. Since you can’t just move into a new, energy efficient home, we’ve got to figure out how to get the most from what we do have. Which is why scientists in the UK built a whole house in a lab called Energy House.
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The technology behind solar cells is expensive. Not so much the production as some of the materials. In order to get that energy, some of the components that are used are precious materials. Researchers have created a iron molecule that can do the work just as well without the heavy cost burden.
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Cruise ships, as it turns out, are helping to contribute to the pollution problem. The fuel they use dumps harmful chemicals into the air and is even worse than just everyday vehicles but an alternative is coming form an ironic source. Cruise ships of the future may run on waste fish parts.
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Fossil fuels are not a sustainable energy source. We need things that will renew themselves over time. Sometimes there’s success in even the most outlandish of ideas like combining mushrooms and bacteria to create electricity.
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