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Sustainability – History

In early human history the environmental impacts of small bands of hunter-gatherers would have been relatively small, even though the use of fire and the desire for specific foods may have altered the natural composition of plant and animal communities. The Neolithic Revolution 2,500 to 10,000 years ago marked the emergence of agriculture and settled [...]

Energy – Regarding applications of the concept of energy

Energy is subject to a strict global conservation law; that is, whenever one measures (or calculates) the total energy of a system of particles whose interactions do not depend explicitly on time, it is found that the total energy of the system always remains constant. *The total energy of a system can be subdivided and [...]

Carbon tax – Introduction

Wind Energy

carbon tax is an environmental tax that is levied on the carbon content of fuels. Carbon atoms are present in every fossil fuel (coal, petroleum, and natural gas) and are released as carbon dioxide (CO2) when they are burnt. In contrast, non-combustion energy sources—wind, sunlight, hydropower, and nuclear—do not convert hydrocarbons to carbon dioxide. A [...]

Green Party of England and Wales – Policy

Sustainable Transport

The Green Party was founded to counter what it sees as threats to the environment, but it has always had social equity and justice at its core . Like other parties, it produces a new manifesto for each election, but it also maintains a long-term strategy known as the ”Policies for a Sustainable Society” (PSS). [...]

The Earth Institute – Research Units

Sustainable Energy

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory was established in 1949 and is a world-class research institution specializing in the Earth sciences. LDEO conducts research on all aspects of the planet both above and below ground, on land and sea, with topics that include earthquakes, volcanoes, global climate change, resources, and environmental hazards. The current [...]

Young English Democrats – Policies

Wind Energy

* The Young English Democrats fully support the English Democrats Party in their official policies. The YED agree that Devolution has taken a turn for the worst for the entire United Kingdom and has unstabilised the constitution, possibly forever. * The Young English Democrats are in favor of promoting English Values and English individuality as [...]

Amory Lovins – Ideas

Geothermal energy

Soft energy paths Amory Lovins advocates “soft energy paths” involving efficient energy use, diverse and renewable energy sources, and special reliance on “soft energy technologies”. Soft energy technologies are those based on solar, wind, biofuels, geothermal, etc. which are matched in scale and quality to their task. Residential solar energy technologies are prime examples of [...]

Ten Technologies to Fix Energy and Climate – Introduction

Wind Energy

The book is divided into ten chapters which deal with a different technology (although there was some contention, as raised by the author, with the ‘Soils and Forests’ Chapter). Typically every chapter covers the advantages, disadvantages and viability (economically and technologically) of the technology. With regards to wind power, Goodall argues that since the technology [...]

Electricity generation – Methods of generating electricity

Tidal Power

There are seven fundamental methods of directly transforming other forms of energy into electrical energy: *Static electricity, from the physical separation and transport of charge (examples: triboelectric effect and lightning) *Electromagnetic induction, where an electrical generator, dynamo or alternator transforms kinetic energy (energy of motion) into electricity *Electrochemistry, the direct transformation of chemical energy into [...]

Association of Power Producers of Ontario – Introduction

Cogeneration

The Association of Power Producers of Ontario (abbreviated APPrO) is a trade and professional body representing commercial electricity generators in Ontario, and the largest organization of its type in Canada. APPrO was established in 1986 as the Independent Power Producers’ Society of Ontario (IPPSO) and changed its name to APPrO in 2003. It projects a [...]

Renewable energy in Brazil – Hydroelectric power

Renewable Energy

Itaipu Binational hydroelectric power plant Built on the Paraná River dividing Brazil and Paraguay, the Itaipu Dam is the world’s largest hydroelectric dam. The river runs long the border of the two countries, and during the initial diplomatic talks of constructing the dam both countries were suffering from droughts. The original goal was to provide [...]

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