Meeting The Rising Energy Demands Of A Greener Future

摘要

In recent years, we've all heard the call to identify alternative energy sources for the next millennia. We've been hearing about the ending of a hydrocarbon powered world and we've seen oil prices rise from $50 a barrel to $140 a barrel, and subsequently go back down. The UK and Europe have been working on developing alternative energy sources since the late 1980's and have been forerunners in this arena for decades. In 2005, energy was brought into the forefront of the US's focus by an Energy Act that called for, among other things, "innovative technologies" that avoid greenhouse gases; nuclear reactor designs; clean coal and renewable energy; an increase in the amount of bio-fuel; subsidies for wind energy; and other alternative energy producers.