Jumat, 23 September 2011
The Energy Revolution is based on five founding principles:
Increase human well-being without fossil fuels.
Fair energy access for all, including the 2 billion people that are left without power in our current fossil-fuel based energy system.Respect for natural limits: use no more resources the Earth can provide us and don’t emit more than the Earth and the atmosphere can take back (in particular CO2 emissions).
Phase out dirty, dangerous fuels like coal and nuclear.
Use proven, existing renewable energy.
In this scenario, an ambitious energy efficiency program along with massive development of renewable energy happen in parallel, so that by 2050, the global energy system is 95% powered by renewable energy. Energy will move towards a decentralised system using local renewable sources such as wind, solar and geothermal.
Every technology described in the scenario already exists and has been proven to work.
