Obama's new climate policy

[the2real4mafol]

Kasz216 said:

the2real4mafol said:

1337 Gamer said:
I dont really have an issue with the underlying points of his ideas... HOWEVER what i do want to ask him is HOW ON EARTH does he plan to produce energy? Right now apart from Nuclear and Fossil fuels No other energy source is capable of generating sufficient energy to meet our needs... Unfortunately Nuclear reprocessing has been outlawed so Nuclear isnt nearly as cost effective or clean as it could be and for that It will be forever demonized... that leaves us with... Fossil fuels... Cool

Just because renewable energy isn't very good now doesn't mean it will always be this way. It's a fairly new technology, it just needs some investment and should be fine in a few years. Either way, we can't stick with fossil fuels. If the climate didn't change, we would still have to change as our over consumption of fossil fuels means they will run out very quickly and the consequences would be devastating if we suddenly had no energy. Just look at the panic caused by petrol shortages. We are humans, we can and must progress before it is too late. 

You should look into the proccess and waste it takes to make solar panels and then what happens to them when no longer in use thrown/out and the negative effects that biofuels have on world hunger causing starvation.

Nuclear really is still the best option.   Except not really because it's near impossible to build in the US/takes too long.

 

I never supported Biofuels, they are such a waste of time. Why grow fuel, when something like 2 billion people are mal-nourished? 

As i said before, Solar isn't great but what technology is decent at first? The sun's heat is a huge energy source and yet we are not even using it. It's crazy. But the problem is, that it will be all we have one day as fossil fuels run out. We can already see the signs of it, as people are more willing to take risks when it comes to drilling oil which are also far more polluting than before. Just look at tar sands in Alberta and the possibility of drilling in the Arctic. 

Stuff like wind and geothermal are also good. There must be a way of getting energy from all the hurricanes and tornadoes that the US gets. Also, for geothermal. The US has Yellowstone park which could create a lot of energy in some way. Iceland manages to create alot of energy from geothermal. 

Nuclear is ok but they need to sort out ways of dealing with all that waste. But it is good enough until renewable solutions can make a good amount of our energy.

Our main problem is how do we meet our energy demands but not damage the environment too much but also keep things sustainable? It is our biggest challenge so far. Also, i don't think we should rely on what type of energy too much, it must be as diverse as possible