3 reasons the World must stop coal seam gas (CSG, coalbed gas, coalbed methane)
23 October 2011, 21:45, by Dr Gideon Polya
The world can and must get to zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ASAP. High annual per capita GHG polluters must get to zero GHG pollution within 5 years. 100% renewable energy options include wind, concentrated solar thermal with molten salts energy storage, solar photovoltaic, wave and tide energy. Geothermal (either from vulcanism or hot rocks) is a major non-carbon option.
The problems with nuclear in a carbon economy are that it involves huge CO2 pollution from uranium extraction, and processing, plant construction and decommissioning and nuclear waste disposal plus huge radioactive waste and security problems (e.g. Japan, Fukushima etc).
The present market cost of geothermal and renewable energy is approaching that of coal and gas but the true cost (i.e. taking environmental impacts and human morbidity and mortality consequences of carbon burning into account) is 4-5 times lower.
The main things stopping 100% renewable energy for the 99% of humanity are greed and lying by the corporate and politician 1% .
The world can and must get to zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ASAP. High annual per capita GHG polluters must get to zero GHG pollution within 5 years. 100% renewable energy options include wind, concentrated solar thermal with molten salts energy storage, solar photovoltaic, wave and tide energy. Geothermal (either from vulcanism or hot rocks) is a major non-carbon option.
The problems with nuclear in a carbon economy are that it involves huge CO2 pollution from uranium extraction, and processing, plant construction and decommissioning and nuclear waste disposal plus huge radioactive waste and security problems (e.g. Japan, Fukushima etc).
The present market cost of geothermal and renewable energy is approaching that of coal and gas but the true cost (i.e. taking environmental impacts and human morbidity and mortality consequences of carbon burning into account) is 4-5 times lower.
The main things stopping 100% renewable energy for the 99% of humanity are greed and lying by the corporate and politician 1% .