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The Transition to Energy Efficient Living
Since the advent of the industrial revolution, worldwide energy consumption has been growing steadily. With the decreasing availability of current non-renewable energy sources, we are moving towards an energy transition to renewable energy options. There are arguments for and against the many energy sources available and not yet available. As the largest consumer of energy, the United States needs to make dramatic decisions and changes. Currently, there are many community groups and government agencies working on solutions to our energy crisis.
Energy Transition
Huge energy price
increases. Tight oil supplies. Climate change. Energy conservation. Major
investments in renewable energy.
To many people, it looks like the world is in the midst of an energy transition. What is driving this transition, where are we going, and what can we do?
This energy transition is driven by three seemingly unstoppable trends:
Society's desire to prevent extreme climate change-burning fewer fossil fuels and developing more renewable energy sources.
Working From Your Heart: Environmental Careers
You'd love to change the world - but by the time you get off work, you're too tired to change anything but the TV channel. You need to make a living and pay the rent, but you wish you could find a job that rewarded more than your bank account.
Population Growth: The Multiplication Factor
-- When we talk about environmental and social problems, we rarely mention population growth. We'll bemoan the shortage of affordable housing, the number of cars on the road, and the loss of topsoil to marginal agriculture. We emphasize how each person can make a difference by reducing consumption, but rarely do we consider that most of our problems are multiplied as we continue to add more people to the world.
Why Population is a problem?
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