How to Power the World without Fossil FuelsMark Fischetti
Fossil fuel is a common word used to refer to buried flammable geologic deposits of organic substances. They are created by decomposed plants and animals which were altered to natural gas, heavy oils or crude oil due to being exposed to a lot of heat and
Money is pollution's biggest driving force -- particularly, the cash invested in dirty energy projects, says financial responsibility campaigner Lucie Pinson. She shares a three-pronged approach to stop banks from funding fossil fuel companies, including what she calls "collaborative blackmailing" (it...
How Greece's green energy transformation could help the EU abandon fossil fuelsEvangelos Sipsas in Athens Share Error loading player: No playable sources found03:59 Wind turbines in Greece set a national record on September 6, accounting for 81 percent of the country's elec...
What are the realistic pathways off of fossil fuels and towards a world of abundant clean energy? TED Countdown gathered for its second Dilemma Series -- events designed to look at some of the tricky challenges of climate change, where diverging positions have stalled progress -- to...
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Strangely enough, countries that are not getting enough funds for their exported fossil fuels tend to start wars. My analysis suggests that at the time World War I started, the UK was not getting a high enough price for the coal they were trying to extract. The coal was getting more expen...
Helping to outline the movement's goals, Denis Hayes, the organiser of the very first Earth Day, said: "For years we have been fed the lie that only fossil fuels can power the planet, that is not true. "By the 2030's, the largest source of electricity generation on the planet wil...
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The electricity that operates many of the devices in our homes comes from a power plant, and most power plants burn fossil fuels to generate that power. Turn off lights when they're not in use. Take shorter showers to use less hot water. Use a fan instead of an air conditioner on a ...