With megadroughts being predicted in our VERY near future and the sea levels rising – both of which are a result of human environmental damage– a horrific reality awaits our children. Climate change is a serious issue that is not exclusive to just one country and therefore our international communities must come together to find ways to deal with the issue. The most important concern we face at the moment – one of the biggest contributors of climate change – is how we attain our energy.
Currently, most developed nations rely on burning fossil fuel to get the energy. With many under developed countries catching up to modern technology, their need for fossil fuels is ever increasing and not helping the current climate crisis.
It is time we start investing in greener ideas like Solar Roadways that can generate solar electricity. Added to this list is an idea developed by Carnegie Wave they their green energy method generates electricity from the oceans. Their description reads:
“The technology sits fully submerged beneath the ocean surface and consists of a buoy which moves with the ocean’s waves. We capture the up and down movement of that buoy to drive a pump which is attached to the sea floor. The pump in turn delivers high pressure water through a pipe back ashore and once onshore that high pressure water is used to drive a hydroelectric turbine, an off the shelf turbine being proven technology for many years. Because of that hydraulic pumping nature of the technology, we can also use the hydraulic power to power an off the shelf reverse osmosis desalination plant. This makes CETO capable of producing both clean power and clean water.”
We hope this idea gets noticed and green investors find themselves backing this concept. Once we can take care of working on a clean energy solution, maybe initiatives can be taken to clean up the vast amounts of existing pollution engulfing our planet.
What do you think about this idea?