原创 An overview of WW Energy Consumption and its impact on the environment

Let's consume less by making the appliances more efficient and you have to produce that much less energy, means we emit that much less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

The points below are taken from Public Domain. I have compiled it so one can take a look at our impact on the environment.

What is Green Energy?

•         Environmentally Friendly

•         Non Polluting

•         Clean Technologies

•         Alternative Energy

WW Energy Consumption

•         Energy Consumption in 2010: 471 Quadrillion BTUs

•         By 2025: 623 Quadrillion BTUs

•         WW Energy Consumption to increase by 30% in the next Fifteen years

•         Breakdown:

–        Petroleum: 36.8%

–        Coal: 26.6%

–        Natural Gas: 22.9%

–        Hydro: 6.3%

–        Nuclear: 6.0%

–        Other: 0.9%

•         US/ China / Russia / Japan / India- Top 5 Consumers of Energy in the world

Impact on Environment

•         2010: 27,715 Million Tons of Carbon emissions

•         2025: 37,124 Million Tons of Carbon emissions

•         16 Million tons of Carbon Dioxide is emitted into the atmosphere every 24 hrs. by humans

•         Fossil Fuels are depleted 100,000 times faster than they are formed

Sources of Green Energy

•         Biomass: 6H2O + 6CO2 + Radiant Energy = C6H12O6 + 6O2

–        Biodiesel:

•         Can be used at 100% levels or mixed in any proportion with No. 2 diesel or No. 1 diesel. 

•         Contains no nitrogen or aromatics  

•         Typically contains less than 15 ppm sulfur - Does not contribute to sulfur dioxide emissions 

•         Has characteristically low carbon monoxide, particulate, soot and hydrocarbon emissions 

•         Contains 11% oxygen by weight  

•         Has the highest energy content (BTUs) of any alternative fuel and is comparable to No. 1 diesel.

•         Hydro:

–        Large Hydro supplies 15% of the world renewable energy needs

•         Geothermal

–        85GW over next 30 years

–        Geography Dependent

•         Wind

–        Using 100 kWh of wind power each month is equivalent to:

–        planting ½ acre of trees

–        not driving 2,400 miles

•         Solar

–        A one kilowatt PV system each month:

–        prevents 150 lbs. of coal from being mined

–        prevents 300 lbs. of CO2 from entering the atmosphere

–        keeps 105 gallons of water from being consumed

–        keeps NO and SO2 from being released into the environment

Green Energy-sustainability

•         Cost/Benefit Analysis

•         Return on Investments

•         Technology Angle

•         Adoption

•         Right Thing to do

Energy Conservation

•         Reduce Energy Consumption and Energy Demand per capita

•         Offset the energy supply needed by the population growth

•         Reduced energy demand can offer the preferred method of efficient energy production

•         Impact on Climate change and reduction of non-renewable sources

•         Energy conservation is environmentally more benign compared to increased energy production

Governing Bodies

•         BEE (Bureau of Energy Efficiency)

•         Energy Star

•         Blue Angel

•         Nordic Swan

•         California Energy Commission

•         Many more

•         Idea is to Bring the Awareness among the masses about energy conservation!

Where we can start in India

•         White Goods Certification

•         Consumer Electronics Certification

•         Lighting (Transition from Incandescent to CFL to White LEDs)

•         Solar Lanterns

•         Solar battery Chargers and Inverters

•         Building Codes

•         Automotive: Bharat Stage III-IV

•         Start with better public transportation

Consumer Awareness

•         Start with addressing Energy Efficiency with the “Industrial Population”

•         Energy Efficiency attributed to “Money Spent on Energy”

•         Certification Programs for all consumables

•         Awareness Campaigns

•         Carbon Footprint

 
Future

•         Conserve through better “Efficiency”

•         $100B market capitalization in 2007

•         2.4 Million Jobs in Renewable Industry

•         Solar PV / Wind / Bio are the leaders

•         240 GW out of 4300 GW is from renewable sources (India 10GW capacity)

•         Government Involvement

–        Policies

–        Mandates

–        Credits

Be one  with the environment

Ram

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