Sustainable energy?

[Dr. Aeyze]

Just wondering what peoples opinions are on it. My physics teacher and I were discussing meeting the CO2 level thingies in the UK, by phasing out fossil fuels and introducing more sustainable energy. Did you know that there are no more sources of natural gas left in the north sea? Likely we'll face a gas shortage sometime in the near future, England is right on the end of the pipeline running from russia across Europe, so other countries are tapping off gas for themselves (understandably), in cold winter for example, where volumes of gas used in households and powerplants increases, there might not be any viable volumes of gas left in the pipeline when it gets to us...

Anyway, talk about being side tracked. As per the Kyoto agreement (I think, this is all off the top of my head), we've goto lower our Carbon Diozide emissions (among other things) by some year in the future, what do you think is the best way? Not just for the UK of course, though I know a lot of topics in this section revolve around the UK, (which is a nice change, any other forum I visit is the majorit of active members being of American or Cadian origin) Do you think it's important to lower carbon emissions etc? Does it bother you? What do you think the best plan of action might be?

[Tharrick]

Sit back and relax, they reckon they'll have the first prototype fusion generators up and running by 2045 :P

On the other hand, we really do need to cut down on our emissions. It may not be my area of expertise, but I still did geography before coming to university, and with the amount of carbon we're belching out into our atmosphere, in addition to the rate at which we're using up our fossil fuel reserves, we'll be lucky to make it to 2045 without a problem
Despite the positive press, 'sustainable' power has its own problems - wind and solar power plants have to be many times larger than a coal-burning plant of equal output, and are affected by weather and time of day. Fusion will make everything better.
Unfortunately, I'll be 60 by then and won't be in any position to enjoy myself :(

[Grae]

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