Transition to renewable energy is priority

Transition to renewable energy is not only priority because of the climate change but also because of the future energy security. World will eventually run out of fossil fuels and then we'll be in need of new energy sources. Nuclear is not safe, hydrogen is still more theoretical than practical solution leaving only renewable energy as the best logical choice.

Variety of renewable energy options is big advantage

One of the main advantages of renewable energy over fossil fuels is also variety of different renewable energy sources. With more renewable energy options such as solar, wind, geothermal, wave and tidal power, biomass and biofuels each country has many different options to increase the amount of clean energy in its energy mix.

Why more renewable energy? Not just because renewable energy is good for environment and can slow changing climate but also because it reduces the need for foreign fuel import and creates new jobs.

Go for renewables, forget about oil

Instead of focusing on how to ensure rapid renewable energy development world looks more worried about the fact that oil reserves are running out, in fact major oil companies are already planning massive oil exploration in Arctic.

Of course, the environmental price of this hunger for more oil will be enormous but this will mean very little to oil companies in their search for high profits.

The billions of dollars used for oil exploration of Arctic area would be more wisely used for developing new renewable energy technologies but politicians care very little about this. After all, oil lobbies are the ones controlling the global politics.

Renewable energy will decide the fight against climate change

Will our fight against climate change be successful or not? Well, the answer to this question mostly depends whether world makes quick transition to renewable energy. The sooner we make transition to renewable energy the better because otherwise carbon dioxide emissions will continue to grow and this will lead climate change to run out of control.

Renewable energy is growing fast but still represents only a small portion of world total energy use. Solar and wind energy sectors are developing really fast but are still far behind coal, oil and natural gas and this situation will likely remain the same for at least next two decades if not more.

Renewable energy technologies still need to mature and become more cost-competitive with fossil fuels. The science is working really hard to ensure equity between renewables and fossil fuels in terms of efficiency and costs, and although there is still a large gap between these two renewable energy is looking better and better with each new year.

Hopefully, there'll be enough time left to tackle climate change once these technologies become fully developed.

Is renewable energy better option than going nuclear?

Nuclear energy is not renewable energy source like some believe it is nor it is clean energy source like some suggest it is. How can nuclear energy be considered a clean energy source with such serious safety issues in form of radioactive waste and possible explosions.

You can never be 100% sure with nuclear energy in terms of safety regardless of different safety measures as the recent nuclear disaster in Japan clearly points out.

This is the main reason why our energy future shouldn't be based on nuclear power but wherever possible on renewable energy, nuclear power should be really considered as an logical energy option only in those areas where possible renewable energy solutions would be connected with huge complications or extremely high costs, though it also has to be said how the construction of nuclear power plants is anything but cheap.

Radioactive nuclear waste remains radioactive for more than 5000 years. That's a very long time to wait, especially with the current nuclear waste storage facilities, so it's no wonder that many consider this issue as a disaster waiting to happen.

Introduction to renewable energy

Renewable energy will likely rule the world in future, at least this is what most energy experts say about it. This is not only because renewable energy is environmentally more friendly option when compared with fossil fuels but also because renewable energy source are not finite resources as they are constantly being replenished.

So why don't we then use more of renewable energy? Well, first of all our entire economies are based on fossil fuels which means that fossil fuels have tradition on their side. Not only that, fossil fuels are still cheaper option compared to renewable energy sources such as solar and wind.

Renewable energy still has plenty to prove to the world before reaching the wider scale of usage. I'm not only saying this because of relatively high costs connected with many renewable energy technologies but also because of intermittency issue. Solar and wind, two of the most popular renewable energy source are intermittent sources, meaning that they are not available all the time, and are in need of some energy backup option, like for instance energy storage.

The current renewable energy leader in China, not only in terms of new renewable energy jobs but also min terms of adding new renewable energy capacity. United States is currently not only well behind China but also well behind EU which means that U.S. will have to significantly change its current energy policy in order to have any chance in catching the China's lead in clean energy race. The ideal solution to give strong boost to U.S. renewable energy sector would be federal renewable energy standard but given the current political situation in United States any major renewable energy legislation looks highly unlikely on national level.

The renewable energy resources list includes not only solar and wind energy but also geothermal energy, tidal and wave energy, hydropower. Nuclear energy is not renewable energy source, it can be argues whether it is a clean energy source or not but it certainly isn't renewable energy source.

The fastest growing renewable energy sector is currently the solar energy sector. This wasn't the case in period from 2000-2010 when wind power lead the way but currently solar energy industry is one of the fastest developing industries, not only in United States, bot on the global level as well.