The Millenium Development Goals, agreed to by every member country of the United Nations in 2000, call for the worldwide eradication of poverty and hunger, universal education, gender equality and huge improvements in health by 2015: two years ago!!
Can we do this without making the planet warmer?
Let's think big and imagine how we can confront the climate crisis in a way that is realistic about the other major problems that we face as a planet and as a species on it.
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Why We Should Use Renewable Energy Sources
The world is running low on energy sources. British Petroleum predicts we will run out of oil in 53.3 years. And ecotricity.com says that there will be no coal by 2088. Two cons to these sources are that they will run out and contribute to global warming by releasing CO2 into the atmosphere. This is we should start developing clean and renewable energy. Solar Panels can produce electricity by harnessing power from the sun and according to theconversation.com, the sun will not die for 5 billion years. If we use solar energy, the world will be cleaner and more efficient with us using electric cars, solar home heating, and many more ways of energy. We will also slow down global warming because solar energy produces no greenhouse gases. What can be done to contribute to the whole world using solar energy?
I agree that the energy sources we use are detrimental to our environment. However, solar panels are not a financially stable solution. Solar panels are costly and not very efficient because they rely on the sun. With more advancements in technology, they will hopefully be ideal in the future.
That is true that solar panels are not a financially stable solution at the moment. But the more people use solar panels, the cost will go down because it is an everyday thing and its value will be less. What I am saying is if more people use solar panels they will cost less. I do agree the solar panels are inefficient. northwestern.edu says that less than 14% of solar panel energy is converted into electricity. But that is something we can work on in the future.





