Certainly electricity use has gone up considerable to support the the much larger web, but also I would say the the tech boom cities (in USA) have made long commutes very common and thus increased gas consumption dramatically.
Fixing the green house gas problem is not easy, but it can be done and needs to be done fast. The only truly viable solution is nuclear energy. While I like the idea of renewable energy, none of it is reliable enough or able to generate enough power for our energy needs. Let's be honest, we are not going to reduce our electricity usage by 80% in the next 10 years, if anything it will increase by that much. So we need something that generates huge quantities of power, whether it is windy, rainy, or cloudy and we need to be able to contain the waste. Nuclear power generates tremendous amounts of energy, and while not ideal the waste is containable.
So to fix the electrical side of things we can support and vote for nuclear power initiatives. To fix the commute problem...well that is something else entirely.
Here in the Netherlands, I think we are relying fully on wind and solar energy. My household runs on 100% wind energy for example. But yes Nuclear energy is also a viable alternative and is better than fossil fuel energy.
That is great to hear! There are a few places where renewable energy is effective due to the the properties of the area and the population. Iceland for example has a lot of geothermal energy. I was mostly targeting the USA as that is what I know best.
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Certainly electricity use has gone up considerable to support the the much larger web, but also I would say the the tech boom cities (in USA) have made long commutes very common and thus increased gas consumption dramatically.
Fixing the green house gas problem is not easy, but it can be done and needs to be done fast. The only truly viable solution is nuclear energy. While I like the idea of renewable energy, none of it is reliable enough or able to generate enough power for our energy needs. Let's be honest, we are not going to reduce our electricity usage by 80% in the next 10 years, if anything it will increase by that much. So we need something that generates huge quantities of power, whether it is windy, rainy, or cloudy and we need to be able to contain the waste. Nuclear power generates tremendous amounts of energy, and while not ideal the waste is containable.
So to fix the electrical side of things we can support and vote for nuclear power initiatives. To fix the commute problem...well that is something else entirely.
Here in the Netherlands, I think we are relying fully on wind and solar energy. My household runs on 100% wind energy for example. But yes Nuclear energy is also a viable alternative and is better than fossil fuel energy.
That is great to hear! There are a few places where renewable energy is effective due to the the properties of the area and the population. Iceland for example has a lot of geothermal energy. I was mostly targeting the USA as that is what I know best.