Comparison of Resources

Image 1: Comparison of Resources
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I like this chart because it breaks down different renewable and nonrenewable resources and shows costs, import dependency, efficiency, and reserves: all important aspects to consider! It's interesting to see such low numbers for proven resources, but also scary because some of those are within my lifetime! It's also interesting to see the efficiencies. I wonder how they determine that efficiency and if those comparisons relate to the size, costs, or what? I don't know, it's just a thought so if you have any ideas let me know!

Denmark hopes to abandon coal, oil, and gas by 2050!

Denmark is currently using renewable sources for about 23% of the countries energy consumption. Ambitiously, it hopes to be 100% reliant on renewable energy by 2050. The country has excellent conditions for wind farms, and is in the process of setting up a 600-megawatt wind farm between themselves, Germany, and Sweden. They are confident that they will be able to reach their goal, saying the only difficulty will be in regards to transportation, but are currently working on means of electric storage from wind turbines. To read more about Denmark's goal's and their process towards that goal, click here!

Peak Oil

Here is a link to a blog post by Matthew Wild. He describes what "peak oil" is and the original theory around it. Peak oil is a point in time where we have reached out maximum output of oil, and all the time thereafter the production of oil declines. This is a very relevant and serious issue right now because we are at that point. Very soon we will have to be making decisions about other, more sustainable energy sources because we will have no more gas and oil. It sounds crazy, and maybe not in our lifetime, but our children could see the end of oil and gas. A scary but real thought. It's time to start focusing on renewable sources and making those a priority, instead of trying to find ways to make more oil appear out of the Earth.