Renewable energy: first step to stopping global warming

Overwhelming scientific evidence suggests that global warming is being caused by several large-scale human activities. In addition to burning fossil fuels for energy, for example, large-scale deforestation is a huge problem in several countries.  It may be true that renewable energy alone can’t stop global warming, but anyone arguing that renewable energy is pointless because it can’t stop the problem alone is missing the point. Renewable energy is the most important solution to global warming and should be pursued as quickly as possible if we want to have any hope of slowing down catastrophic climate change. Some scientists now believe we are already past the "point of no return."

Many nations getting on the solar bandwagon

Many countries will be running on clean, renewable energy by the middle of this century. Some industry seers have predicted that approximately 100% could do so by 2050. “Mark Z. Jacobson, the famed professor at the Stanford School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences, and 26 of his colleagues have compiled a report that shows how 139 nations could transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050. In fact, they contend that the changeover would actually spur job growth while dramatically reducing carbon emissions.”

If these nations would follow the solar trend and install the technology to make the transition happen, tens of millions of jobs would be created.

While the job increase may be a major reason to favor such a transition,   low-cost renewable energy will mean lower energy costs than if we didn’t have solar and wind power. The main impetus for renewable energy’s development and growth today is to help stop global warming, but there are other advantages that will entice future solar consumers.

Climate change is a reality, despite the Trump administration's policies

Climate change is happening, despite the ignorant rhetoric of the deniers. Some of the key indicators it is occurring have been presented on the US EPA website: “Average temperatures have risen across the contiguous 48 states since 1901, with an increased rate of warming over the past 30 years. Eight of the top 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 1998. Average global temperatures show a similar trend, and all of the top 10 warmest years on record worldwide have occurred since 1998.”

Another important indication of global warming on the planet is in the water. “Ocean surface temperatures increased around the world during the 20th century. Even with some year-to-year variation, the overall increase is clear, and sea surface temperatures have been consistently higher during the past three decades than at any other time since reliable observations began in the late 1800s.”

These are just two of several significant indicators. Climate change deniers refer to some arbitrary statistics as supposed proof that the overall warming isn’t happening, like pointing out narrow areas where there is still sea ice, but they are only concentrating on the outliers, not the overall trend. The rate of sea ice melting is the fastest it has been in 1500 years. Other alarming statistics: In 2016, more coral died in the Great Barrier Reef than in any previous year. And there are numerous other signals that warming is not only occurring but is already dramatically disturbing the climate in profoundly alarming ways. The 2018 California wildfire season has hardly begun and we are already seen devastating fires on an unheard of scale. But that's only one glaring example of the effects of global warming. The overuse of fossil fuels is the primary contributor to climate change, and this fact has been confirmed based on theory and empirical evidence many times over.

The transition to renewable energy

China, India, and Europe are generally considered the best examples of alternative energy generation. Germany has been a global leader in the development of solar and wind power, and yet even with its commitment to them,  emissions have not decreased that much. The reason for this situation is that the country needs more renewable energy to replace its current over-reliance on fossil fuels.

Americans have learned about alternative energy and are gradually adopting solar as the preferred choice of power. Please check out our blog for more information.

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