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So I read a thread on the forum by Ultegra134 that talked about renewable energy and he asked;

"The big question here is, can the world be 100% dependent on renewable energy sources? How can that be achieved and are they sustainable?"

The thing is, according to several studies and experts, it is possible for the world to be 100% dependent on renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and biomass. However, this would require a major transition of the current energy system, which is mostly based on fossil fuels that are non-renewable and contribute to climate change.

Some of the challenges and barriers to achieving this goal are technical, economic, social, and political. For example, renewable energy sources are often variable and intermittent, meaning they depend on natural conditions that are not always predictable or stable. This requires a reliable and flexible grid system that can balance supply and demand, as well as storage technologies that can store excess energy for later use.

Another challenge is the cost of renewable energy technologies and infrastructure, which may be higher than fossil fuels in some cases. However, many studies have shown that the benefits of renewable energy outweigh the costs in the long term, as they reduce greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, health impacts, and dependence on imported fuels. Moreover, renewable energy can create more jobs and stimulate economic growth.

A third challenge is the social and political acceptance of renewable energy, which may face resistance from some groups or individuals who have vested interests in the fossil fuel industry or who are skeptical about climate change. To overcome this barrier, public awareness and education campaigns are needed to inform people about the benefits and feasibility of renewable energy, as well as policies and incentives that support its development and deployment.

In conclusion, it is possible for the world to be 100% dependent on renewable energy, but it would require a significant transformation of the current energy system and a collective effort from all stakeholders. Some countries and regions have already achieved or are close to achieving this goal, such as Iceland, Brazil, New Zealand’s South Island, Denmark’s Samsø island, and Germany’s Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Schleswig-Holstein regions. These examples show that 100% renewable energy is not only feasible but also desirable for a sustainable future.

Transforming the whole world into renewable energy will require massive groundwork and cooperation between various sectors of our society. This looks impossible to me because there are many countries whose economies are run by industries that require fossil fuels. Also, countries like Australia and Saudi Arabia will not like this idea because they earn lots of money by selling fossil fuels. It is not entirely impossible, and countries like Iceland, Brazil, Germany, and New Zealand are examples.

Renewable energy sources like geothermal, hydro, wind, and solar power run a country's economy by filling its electricity demands. So if the technologically advanced push forward is based on renewable energy fossil fuel exporters and importers will be forced to adapt to this new advancement.

You have answered that query with a full explanation and I really liked that you have spent that much time writing this post. But I think it would be great if you would share your answer (this one) in that thread (the one you mentioned). You can quote it there. Besides that, I can not agree more with the challenges you have aforementioned.

But I would like to mention that, governments and financial systems of each country have different solutions to this challenge (third one). They have created an environment for the whole country that now left citizens no option other than shifting to renewable energy sources. That environment is known as high inflation.

The cost of electricity is so high in our country that, people are now spending funds to buy Solar panels and shifting towards renewable resources. Because that costs less than paying huge electricity bills here.

In short, people if start to buy or move to renewable resources at the individual level then a country might adopt 100% energy from RS.

Transition to renewable energy would require a lot, and this is an understatement. Even without even considering if the powerful people would accept these changes. It is possible if there's only one leader on the planet by that time, and he lives up to 200 years. BUT let us say all countries agreed to transform the world to become renewable energy dependent, for sure there will be a model country, a small country that has cheap labor and materials more probably around Asia, then other countries will follow, and so on.

Would this be worth after all if we used non-renewable energy to transform into a renewable energy-dependent world? coz I think for sure that's going to be our only one option to build it.

These countries do not rely entirely on clean energies only, and the reason is mainly technical, because the cost of establishing stations to generate these clean energies will far exceed the cost of using fossil energy. Also, the important point is that these countries have an important part of their economic fabric that depends on companies operating in the field of fossil energy, and it would not be in the interest of those countries to stop the activity of those companies or limit it in any way.
It is not an impossible task for the world to succeed by relying only on clean energies, but the main problem today is disengaging from the current system.

It'll be difficult for everyone to move fully into renewable energy, as the means of getting these energy resources isn't cheap. A lot of people living off grid use renewable energy, yet not all can afford its maintenance. Let's take solar for instance, most times the battery get weak, even after charging for a long time. The inverter still need electric energy to be charged completely, which can enable it to power big house facilities like fridge, Tv etc. Electricity bill is expensive, but it remains the best form of energy. Renewable energy is fine, but the question of 100% usage isn't guaranteed. Hence, if the government sponsor such things for her citizens it'll be another form of tax and bills, which is not encouraged. Renewable energy, with its disadvantages, is best sponsored individually. I've seen lots of solar powered house owners complaining about panels malfunctioning or having to add more panels often times to power more facilities. The advantage is great, at least constant electricity, in our homes and no need for fuel to power anything. In countries, where the sun intensity is high, solar energy can solve great problems for users. I'm only concerned about the maintenance aspect of it, thereby requiring extra funding from the users.

Thats why i have said there will be a lot of ground work and cooperation between various parties.

costing for establish a solar panels has fallen 80% from 2010 and in some part of the region its cost effective than the coal powered energy source. In united states levelized cost (https://taiyangnews.info/business/lazards-lcoe-15-0-study-released/) of electricity for solar PV is $27 per MWh, for wind its $25 per MWh, for nuclear $29 per MWh when this rate for coal is $42 per MWh.

Everyone has their opinion. Here is mine about renewable energy that many people may not like at all. It’s not possible to make earth 100% dependent on renewable energy because we have disturbed the climate so much that water has risen above its normal range. There are hundreds to thousands small to big disasters happening around the world that create disturbance in the daily routine.

Whether it is mega natural disaster like tsunami to Hot temperatures causing wild fires or heavy deadly rains inland. Everything is destroying that natural cycle and disturbing the way we can produce green energies. That’s really a question that should have been worked out hundred years ago but we didn’t.

I don't really understand your point here, what do you mean by the statement of a leader who is 200 years old and a single leader of this planet? What, and how does that make the people of this planet adopt and depend on or move onto renewable energy sources? If you are saying that a single entity could make this happen because the situation and financial situations in different countries are not the same.

That's why not every country would spend the amount on adopting renewable sources instead of non--renewable.
No, I mean what's the benefit of using non-renewable sources to make renewable sources? And we cannot do that, because that would be stupid. I think you don't really understand the real meaning of renewable sources. These are the sources that are found from natural sources that cost us nothing. Like from sunlight and from air. etc.

Let's be very honest it would take so long for the world to run on renewable source of energy. Renewable source of energy does not come cheap and also it's not as abundant in nature like our regular source of energy, yes we would have mega cites in developed countries leading the way in renewable source of energy in the coming years but there are countries still developing that doesn't have the capacity to run on renewable source of energy and that's not to even bring sustaining it into the context.

So many things are to be done if they are going in this direction. Flying a plane is next to impossible if they are to use renewable energy.

African countries are just starting their industrialization. Are the nations that once polluted this world going to stop them from industrializing their country and manufacturing things they need?  They are the ones who are rich in crude oil. With so much oil to use, they can go to war with just it.

This is where Energy means Power. A country with no source of Energy will be colonized and will soon be the next slaves in the next 100 years.

In principle, you're right. Renewable energy - despite its vigorous promotion - is unlikely to beat conventional means of generating energy. The market monopolists simply won't let it happen. Yes, some part of the market is quite possible, but not the whole energy market

It is ironic that some of the countries that have succeeded in achieving a policy of complete reliance on clean energies have the largest companies specialized in fossil energy at various stages of industrialization. No, it has also established solar and wind farms in countries whose climate allows for this more than others, and then transports them to them, even though the countries that have these farms suffer from major energy crises.
It is a brutal global system that encourages thinking and acting individually, and therefore, partnership between various global parties to make the planet clean and dependent on green energy is just illusions, and there are no indications that this may change soon.

This is right what I have in mind. Transition everyone to renewable energy is difficult. The idea of renewable energy and its advantages to people are good but not everyone can carry the cost, that the maintenance that is needed after the initial installation. Also to add this is not even cheap to come by depending on whichever part of the world you are in. In the country where I reside, one of the ways to get people to transition into renewable sources of energy for their homes and businesses is if there is a lot of competition in the market and could help to drive its cost down for the average person to buy it.

However, it is still best to try tapping the renewable energy market as you will have a very good alternative if we run out of fossil fuels or other nonrenewable energies.
This will give an edge for the government which will explore their other energy opportunities.
This type of energy may not cover the need of their overall consumption but definitely, it will have an impact in their economy if developed continuously.
And also, their people may get inspired of supporting the program by installing their own solar panels or wind turbines or other possible renewable energy source which is readily available in their area.

When renewable energy would have gained massive adoption, would be when it can power mining farms comfortably and sustainably.
Well, that's if the conventional means of generating electricity like coal, fossil energy, fail to live up to their functions or deliver efficiently and they keep being more expensive to afford following the worsening economy.

I have been thinking of investment in renewable energy large scale since I saw a video on social media about how salt water was used to make lanterns glow. If more renewable energy is developed by adapting the designs to fit the environmental resources, in no time, renewable energy will have become more than adopted in many homes, offices and industries. It has a promising future I must conclude.

It is such a sad fact to know that the world would be a better place all around about everything if we just focused on renewable energy, and yet we are not. This isn't just about clean air or better climate or anything like that, that is the part which would be the most important regarding this and we should be able to focus on that as much as we possibly could. However, the fact that governments are giving subsidies that are multiple times more to oil and gas companies than they do to renewable energy when you calculate the history of it, you will realize that if we could do that, there would be thousands of jobs, tens of thousands of jobs, hell maybe even hundreds of thousands of jobs if we do it big enough. That alone is also good and not related to environment, but aside from that we would have income, which means not only all those thousands of people would earn, but the owners of those places would earn significantly as well, and could sell it to overseas, or at least nation could stop buying from overseas and spend within. Its just all around much better idea when you look at it.

This can be possible in limited countries, throughout the world it is really impossible. Different countries have got different weather conditions and we can't expect nature to favour us all the time. With the advanced technology it is possible to keep track of things, however on need we might not be able to get the required energy. Every form of energy can't be effective all the time. More countries rely on oil for their economy, and for those countries renewable energy seems to be an expensive way than using oil source for their needs. Future will be on renewable energy, but it doesn't assure with complete replacement.

Renewable energy source are indeed sustainable, and those can only be achieved with the help of the government in power, since they are a bit expensive but durable, so as to help make life better for the common man in the society. Because just as we have the likes of Solar light (i.e whereby it uses Sunlight to generate electricity) and Solar cars (which also uses Sunlight to enable movement from one place to another), if those can be reproduced in large quantities, you will notices that such will make life easier for the common man in the society.

The narrative that switching to renewable energies is going to be a very expensive ordeal is nothing but propaganda spread by fossil fuel companies to discourage people and countries from ever looking at renewable resources as a good alternative or replacement. Studies have been made in the past that specifically states no jobs nor careers will be displaced from the switch to renewable resources, and of course, while the switch will cost large amounts of money, they are sustainable enough that in a few span of years they could easily pay off themselves from the profits that this will yield, all of this with the added benefit of not destroying the environment at the same damn time.

its always the capital needed that become the main thing that keeps renewable energy from massively implemented.
we've seen the bad effects of coal energy although its relatively cheap to generate energy its non renewable energy and it also causes natural damage.
right now the most prominent renewable energy that i've seen gaining massive attention is solar panel, but it simply costs too much for it to be widely adopted by the masses.
therefore I think government somehow needs to give subsidies towards any form of renewable energy infrastructure that the people can get.

Renewable energy development is capital intensive and demands groundbreaking effort to actualize it' and only well advanced nations are capable of achieving the feat and sustaining it . If we're looking at hydropower and geothermal energy only a very few countries can afford it's development.

Even as that those other sources of renewable energy preferably wind, solar that are regarded as the most cost-effective energy yet there are some countries that can't afford developing it, particularly those countries of the south pole that are battling to maintain non-renewable energy

Your perspective is certainly valid, when we take into account the significant impact of vested interests on government policies, However, when we broaden our perspective to encompass the challenges of global warning, climate change, rising cost of energy worldwide and growing public support for environmental protection, there is a reason for optimism. Clearly, it becomes evident that renewable energy has the potential to eventually surpass conventual means of energy generation, particularly those reliant on fossil fuels, which are most harmful to the environment.

with the increasing effect of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere, making global warming increasingly uncontrollable, renewable energy is something that the earth really needs right now, but it is not easy to realize a world that uses 100% renewable energy, there are many factors that influence it; like politics, just imagine if the use of oil or coal is stopped then oil or coal entrepreneurs will no longer be able to make a profit, so they are as many as possible lobbying leaders in developing countries to continue to depend on oil and coal, Pollution in several big cities is also quite worrying. As recently happened in Jakarta, so far no one cares about the air in Jakarta, the residents are only busy with their own interests and the government doesn't care about that even though the carbon gas created by the daily activities of Jakarta residents is quite worrying.

I await the moment when renewable energy is truly realized, as there will be no more fossil fuels left on the face of the Earth. This transition will be a monumental shift, and I believe it has already commenced with the trend of using electricity as the driving force in vehicles. This signifies that fossil fuels and petroleum can indeed be replaced by something inexhaustible.

I myself remain curious about the "Wardenclyffe Tower (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower)," which was once a conspiracy theory and purported to be Tesla's tower capable of generating free energy. If this is indeed real, it means we would no longer need to pay utility bills to the government, and with this free energy, at the very least, there would be no more environmental pollution caused by motor engines that rely on oil as fuel.

I am highly optimistic that this will genuinely occur one day, and hopefully, there won't be any monopolies when it is introduced on an international scale.

Electric vehicles is just one small step towards less carbon emissions but we still have a very long way to go. The electricity needed to power EV are mostly generated using fossil fuels and other non renewable sources, so by extension it still causes some level of pollution.

As more experiments into radioactive energy and renewable sources continue as they have for several years, it is seemingly almost impossible for the whole world or even a majority of the world to make the switch towards safer sources of environment for the planet, maybe until it becomes very obvious that non renewable sources are going to be depleted soon.

That's what I mean – when everyone can no longer extract oil due to its depletion, they won't be able to resist adopting alternative energy sources to power their vehicles and businesses once more. The exhaustion of oil will serve as the primary catalyst for this energy usage transition, which will likely heavily rely on electric energy or whatever it may be.

If, indeed, scientists of our era fail to discover a source of energy derived from renewable resources, the myth of the hidden Tesla conspiracy theory could emerge as their ace in the hole. Who knows if that will be the case? Even if it remains just a myth and never materializes, it signifies that we'll be facing a significant challenge in the foreseeable future.

Energy that never runs out is commonly known as renewable energy. The use of renewable energy is very low in most countries. People now find it easier to generate electricity using nuclear energy than to generate electricity by harnessing sunlight. Where it is very cost effective to generate electricity through wind power or hydropower, electricity is now being generated through fossil fuels. It is never possible to fully ensure the use of renewable energy in all countries of the world. Every country in the world has built nuclear power plants or fossil fuel plants to generate electricity, they will never take the risk of shutting down those power plants and using renewable energy.  Countries that supply energy will also oppose it as they are earning foreign remittances by exporting energy.

I think that eventually we can switch to fully renewable energy by investing in relevant technologies, including methods of conservation of energy. But in the meantime, some things really depend on the climate and nature of a specific country, and for many it's not possible to fully rely on such sources. So a good alternative is the middle ground of nuclear energy. It's nowhere nearly as harmful as burning coal or gas, it is renewable, but it does have a nuclear waste issue which is, again, something we should work on. Unlike many eco-friendly sources, it's stable and independent of climate and weather conditions.
Generally, I agree with the op that it's a complex choice, but one we need to make because it has clear benefits.

The biggest obstacle towards renewable energy is the Li-Ion batteries. They are used in both electric vehicles and in big batteries, which are used to store renewable energy when the solar panels and wind turbines are working at maximum capacity. Lithium is getting more and more expensive and Lithium mining extremely dirty(not to mention the protest of local people against the creation of new Lithium mines). This will create a Lithium shortage in the future and the price of Lithium will skyrocket. We need a cheaper replacement of Lithium for EV batteries and for big industrial batteries, which could store the electricity produced by solar and wind.

Yes it can take place but lengthy period of time is required for it and you also know that economic situations are not stable in any country therefore its not very easy to be depended completely on renewable energy.

In our country many people transformed from electricity towards solar energy because as compared to the electricity the solar system is quite lower in cost. Although plant requires huge money but after that there is no such amount needed to pay bills etc.

transformation of renewable energy can be possible but it will also harsh effects on humans as well as on climate of the world because if we are moving towards new technologies then there are some benefits at start but later we know that harmful effect of such technologies also there.

In reality, this is still the case because of the many countries in the world, only a few countries are able to develop renewable energy, which is the newest model that has never been used by many less developed countries. However, as long as renewable energy can provide more positive things for the environment and the country, I think several countries that are not yet developed and are making themselves more developed should also study this so that in the future they can also use renewable energy for themselves.

Each country's ability to develop something like renewable energy is different because it not only concerns natural resources, but also involves human resources and certain tools needed. So when renewable energy already exists in several developed countries now, other countries also need to see it as a very important thing so that in the future they can also use it as used by these developed countries. Because developments in good things need to be considered so that countries that are not yet developed are not always left behind in terms of renewable energy.

here is the secret everyone in media does not say.

fossil fuel reserves will deplete before 2100 anyway.. in the 1980's the estimates were depletion by 2050..
this magic number is no coincidence.. the 1990's gulf war was waged due to the threat of fossil fuel reserve concerns.

we will have to transition to renewables even without a #climate tagline

the secret though is by making it a human survival threat it then makes people more empathetic that taxes should be used to fund private businesses transitions to renewables, whilst those same private companies can take profits from their charges they ask customers to pay.

so when you hear stories of "we need to stop using fossil fuel by 2050" its not to save the planet from smog. because we would naturally deplete fossil fuel by that same period anyway. instead its to reduce usage so that it can extend the longevity of fossil fuel reserves passed 2100, but at a usage rate of under 10% of the current usage to prolong the reserves.

im not saying fossil fuel does not cause climate change, but if we continue using fossil as we do now we will use it all up by 2050 anyway and the environment will heal itself afterwards all by itself

these funding programs for transitions to renewable is just to allow private businesses to continue making profit instead of using their income to self sustain their business by progressing themselves without tax grants

Yes, it's technically "possible" to switch to renewables entirely. The pertinent question is how much GDP growth and how much wealth a country is willing to give up in order to take on the burden of switching to renewable energy. The cost analysis is rather clear that renewables will not generate a positive ROI, they will not pay for themselves. The countries that switched to renewables that you've laid out are either misleading on what percentage of their energy comes from renewables (meaning they still have carbon based energy sources that they rely on and therefore aren't entirely CO2 emissions free) or they don't have a large energy demand to begin with.

Carbon based energy sources are cheap and efficient. Having India, China, and the U.S. switching entirely to renewables within the next 20-30 years is economic suicide. The U.S. is on track to lower their emissions more than India and China, but even they would need something like 50+ years to go zero emissions.

And at which point, I've been informed by the climate alarmists, it'll be too late and we'll all die from climate change so what difference would it make.

You made a very strong point here when you mentioned about the politics that's involve when considering those countries hat economy depends on crude oil the "OPEC" countries the idea of renewable energy development despite how it sounds good for the climate against the effect of green house  gases on the global environment

to the oil producing countries it's a bad business for them and that's why the world at large will not be taken over by renewable energy even in the next 50 years because there's a strong politics underground from those OPEC countries.

As for atmospheric population generation from oil and coal I think same can be talked about with renewable energy like hydropower plants, where is the waste deposited and what are the health effect  is a question we have not asked ourselves.

I believe, at least in some places / countries can 100% depends on renewable energy. One of the biggest challenge is that renewable energy is very difficult to be distributed, compared to oil and coal which is very easy to be distributed. Sun can not be distributed, some places doesn't get enough sun at a certain time each year. Some places don't have enough geo thermal and water stream to depend on hydropower and both is very expensive on to be distributed.

It is possible and it is definitely sustainable, in more detail you can understand a little about renewable energy.


Now you can find out the negative impacts caused by fossil energy throughout the world, such as: greenhouse gases which produce CO2, SO2 gas and NO2 and so on which can have a lasting impact on human life, whether economically, health and so on.

If renewable energy is used, it will certainly be beneficial for the continuity of human life, such as utilizing natural resources such as water, wind, sun, air and so on, all of which will have a positive and environmentally friendly impact, which have negative impacts caused by pollution and exploration, there are many benefits that arise from using renewable energy rather than non-renewable energy.

The use of renewable energy will have a positive impact on the economic session, by optimizing independent energy for the community, without having to depend and supply imported energy as now, This means that significantly, the presence of renewable energy will boost the economy of society as a whole due to its independence in using renewable energy without dependence on non-renewable energy.

It's a false hope

we can't depend on renewable. it's an economic trap

to make people poor & sick to control'em

Well, you're not entirely wrong, but you're not entirely right either. Your argument skims the renewable energy discussion without getting into economics. You say "long-term benefits" outweigh costs, but have you considered discounted cash flows or capital opportunity cost?

Remember that money runs the world. Who will pay for the massive upfront investments needed to switch from fossil fuels to renewables? Taxpayers? Large-scale economic transformations are typically difficult for governments. Manufacturing decline in the rust belt caused economic displacement.

Your third challenge about social and political acceptance is laughable. Public awareness campaigns? Please. More than pretty advertising and hashtags may change a global economy. Economic incentives speak louder than words. Market forces, not public opinion, will drive renewables. A harsh but simple fact.  ??? ???

I think considering the terrible economy we live in right now for the poor people, we could assume that world would be even more expensive if governments decided to spend more on it.

In a dreamy world, we would not have corruption, and that money would go to education, health, renewable energy and more stuff that are great for us like that, but it's not. That money goes to oil and gas subsidies where politicians get bribes from, and not secretly neither, a congressman could be getting "donation" from shell or bp, and then vote on something that will help them and this is perfectly legal. No idea how that's still perfectly legal, should be banned, but it is. Which is why we are not going to get any good renewable energy anytime soon.

Just as you've clearly said it is a new model, a model that even some of the advance countries have not been able to accomplish while some are in the process. And as for the government's developing countries AFAIK it's a matter of priority if this is something they give priority in their scale of preference that's when a study can be taken into action towards the future. Because there are other developmental needs of the people and the little available resources can only be directly to those that their priority lies on given their best ability based on what they can offer as developing nations.

I think with technology advancements, evolution and worldwide adoptions of renewable energy it could be possible to be a 100% dependent on it. The question is how long can we adopt renewable energy on our daily lives? Isn't it more expensive to maintain than the grid we are using today most especially in third world countries? Is it able to compete with the fossil fuel industry where we are at to this day? Is the source of this renewable energy sustainable to the entire demand of a country? Here in my country, there were foreign companies that introduces this renewable energy in the form of a solar farm, hydro, geothermal and wind energy both local and foreign companies involved and yet we are still using power grid.

It is very ideal to utilize renewable energy because unlike non-renewable energy sources, they have little to no negative impact on our environment. Thus, they are sustainable sources of energy which means they last over time. But realistically speaking, it would be hard and challenging to transition from non-renewable energy to a 100% use of renewable energy because it requires a lot of time and money. Not only that, it would also require to have stringent planning because it does not just involve one sector, but all of us.

But again, this is a major change for us, and I think everyone will not approve because most of the industries are being run by non-renewable energy and it might affect them. So, I think in order for this to be feasible, the first step we must take is to educate people about the use of renewable energy sources and how it can benefit us and our environment.

when a good idea appears, there are opposing ideas that appear too.  Now, just look at the automotive world which is being directed towards using battery energy, but there are still many people who refuse because it is inefficient and also expensive to maintain, the same goes for green energy, since ancient times we already know about solar panels, wind/water mills and geothermal energy, but why are there still many countries that use coal and oil to produce electrical energy?  from here we know that the government itself is not making the adoption of renewable energy happen.

i 100% support that renewable energy can be mass adopted throughout the world, but i don't know about others, it takes a hard struggle to direct human habits from using fossil energy to renewable energy.

Everyone needs to go through stages, and nothing can be instant. High costs are attributed to the fact that the supporting infrastructure is still not widespread, and not all repair outlets can handle it. Monopolistic practices by companies still occur during the initial launch of an innovation.

If the ubiquity of batteries becomes a global reality, competition will intensify, resulting in lower prices. It's akin to wind turbines or solar panels, which are still relatively expensive and not yet more stable than existing power generators.

I believe that the day when non-renewable resources are depleted will usher in a massive energy revolution.

In my opinion, the world is already 100% dependent on renewable energy; this is why we find developing countries and also developed countries doing their best to increase their production for Renewable energy sources.

Is it costly, yes (not as costly as non renewable energy)
is it the best, yes
 
So i think the question should be rephrased as, is it possible for the world to fine tune a non renewable energy source cheaply compared to renewable energy?

There's a lot of arguments to be made here, but there are fathoms:
1. The world has come to realize that limited natural resources are an evil to be avoided. In addition to problems for the economy, it can be an instrument of economic pressure or even terrorism (2022 showed this well).
2. Infrastructure for power generation and delivery is easier than oil/gas pipelines
3. fossil resources are not infinite, and according to many estimates, the reserves for today's consumption will last for 30-50 years. Therefore, there are no options - only transition to alternative variants

Before getting to the question of how long we can apply renewable energy in our daily lives, I think it would be better to review whether we already understand what renewable energy is because basically things like this even though there has been a lot of news about renewable energy but in reality there are still many people who don't even know and don't really understand what renewable energy is.
This lack of understanding also makes most people confused so I think even though it will definitely be difficult but at least if the country wants renewable energy to be well adopted then it would be great if in the end there is further information for socialization because most people are still unfamiliar with renewable energy.

This is precisely the predicament the climate change alarmists insist we all suffer through. We all must pay elevated prices for our energy, and poorer countries who rely on cheap energy to survive must be subsidized by richer countries.

Of course, the argument they make doesn't make any sense.

When they're living in a rich country, it's easy to hold their sanctimony to a higher regard than someone living in Africa who might be using dung as a fuel source for mere survival.

Alright, it's been a few days, and I hadn't noticed this thread till now. Even though I was receiving Telegram notifications, I thought that someone was gravedigging my old thread. In my opinion, the world cannot rely 100% on renewable resources, at least not yet, and most importantly, they may not be applicable to every location or country. For instance, installing wind farms or solar panels on large hectares of land may also hurt the environment, which, in the long run, is way worse than burning fossil fuels. Norway is a great example of a country that is almost running fully on renewable resources, accounting for 98% of the generation, with hydro being the dominant source at 92%.

Apart from renewable resources, nuclear energy is also a great alternative with minimal repercussions for the environment and huge capabilities. Even though there have been accidents in the past, there have been great advances in technology to prevent similar accidents in the future.

For now, it's impossible until we find novel solutions we'll need lots of creativity, innovation, and powerful incentives. The transition toward all-renewable energies is a complex problem involving technology economics, and politics.

That is a quote from the TED-Ed YouTube channel that you guys can see here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnvCbquYeIM. You guys should watch.
Last time Im browsing the Internet Oil reserves left is 50 Years and Coal Reserves is 100 Years so yeah we basically need a problem solver as fast as we can.

Renewable energy is really good for us and also the environment but the problem with that is the cost of having it. Most of the countries you have mentioned are rich countries so they are able to create structures for having renewable energy because they have that money but for those countries where I belong it is not possible unless the government really pushes this. Even in our country only private individuals have a solar farm and hydro is combined by non-government organizations and with the government as our government is more focused on building our economy and still not thinking of it.

As the population gets higher we will definitely switch to renewable energy as our energy right now is getting lower and lower but in the case of my country they are still not focusing on this but maybe in the future it will be feasible.

I completely agree with you in this. There is no doubt that renewable energy brings a lot of benefits, but the cost of having it makes it hard for developing countries to have access to it. Perhaps one day it will be more accessible and affordable for more countries to switch over to it, but as of now only a few developed ones are on full gear.

It is always the same story, for example computers at the beginning were very expensive machines which required heavy maintenance and a multitude of experts, but as the technology became more common their size reduced and their price went down as well, renewable energy is the same, right now it is too expensive for developing countries which prefer to rely on proven and tested technology, but once more money is invested on renewable energy and more countries adopted it the cheaper it will become.

Transforming the whole world into renewable energy is very difficult to implement.  For this, there will be many changes in our social system and life system which may be difficult to adapt to.  There are also many countries whose main trade is fossil fuels, they may not take the matter well.  Moreover, it is very complicated to maintain renewable energy. The industry of many countries of the world is immobile without fossil fuels.  In renewable energy we will not get the benefits that we are getting now.  Converting to 100% renewable energy is time consuming and difficult.

It is quite difficult to switch from old energy sources (fossil fuels) to renewable energy sources.

For now, we need to realize that the need for energy is increasing day by day, which you can see for yourself that almost every household item uses electricity, from washing clothes to washing dishes, everything uses a machine. Not to mention the addition of factories or companies that require more energy than that. And currently fossil fuels are the best alternative to answer energy needs, apart from being relatively cheap, fossil fuels also have quite a lot of availability. Even though the effects of these fuels have a very negative impact on environmental sustainability.
So in my opinion, currently most countries will not be able to switch completely from fossil energy sources to renewable energy sources, because this will cost quite a lot of money while most countries are still in the economic recovery stage caused by Covid-19 outbreak.

Plus they are technically unlimited, which is the bigger point. Sure it's important to save the climate and environment, but for some reason some people do not care about that enough. Whereas, if you look at all the other energy sources, they are all limited, you can't have unlimited oil, or gas or coal or whatever, they are all limited. Whereas you can have unlimited amount of wind forever, or sun. Sure there will be a moment in the future when even sun stops burning, but that's not really a simple thing, we just need to accept our faith on it.

This should be important on so many levels, it's going to be hard but not going to be impossible. Hopefully we could end up with something that is better with this new sources.

It's very possible for the world to move over to renewable energy. But there is large Market for crude oil already that is controlled by the high and mighty in the society, it has a very enviable profit margin. I feel this high and mighty people will fight the emergency of renewable energy because their source of wealth will be touched.
Secondly, it's too expensive to successfully establish the new structure of renewable energy across board, it can actually be done gradually with time but it will take a lengthy duration.

For me, making renewable energy come into fruition globally, it's something that should be done, because the direct emission of carbon has really affected and caused the depletion of the ozone layer,  there has been incessant occurrence of  heatwave is increasing by day, disaster like flood and wide fire constantly occurring. But if we begin to make renewable energy come through, some of this disasters will be reduced drastically.

In fact, this is also an important question. Many research centers today are working to find ways to reduce the cost of energy production in its various forms, including green renewable energies. The biggest obstacle to this step is the costs of establishing power stations, since raw materials are not easily available and companies are still competing to monopolize, which raises their prices.
The world must unite to achieve this, and it cannot succeed if each country continues to operate independently, and this is the same case for companies working in the field as well.

As hailed and cherished the ideas to renewable energy sources might be and the destruction fossil fuel might be causing to our environment, it’s important to also note that, more than half of the worlds population live below the average level. Now, the cost of maintenance on renewable energy source equipments becomes unaffordable to them and they are eventually cut loose. This makes the idea of the fossil fuel still of great importance not just for its availability and ease to use but, to the economy as well. It’s an easy to afford and wealth is generated not just from the rich and able in the society but the poor masses as well. The entire population contributes a quota which remains vital to economic stability.

Brazil is fully running on renewable energy? I haven't heard about that and it comes as bit of a surprise to me given how large and how many people are living there. Most of the other areas are fairly small with only a small population. In my opinion it really comes down to area where you are living, not everywhere is solar energy efficient, same goes for wind energy. It's much more profitable to build large wind turbines offshore where there is more wind. It's definitely possible to convert the whole world to renewable energies, but it's not going to happen in a few years. It's going to take large amounts of money to invest all around the world and many of the poorer countries won't be able to invest that kind of money. At the moment I don't really see a political solution where the whole world would work together to stop using fossil fuels. It's sad but we probably need more extreme weather before there will be enough pressure for the big countries to react.

Renewable energy for the world is much more efficient Renewable energy is a way to generate energy from unlimited natural resources. Different sources of fossil fuels such as natural gas, coal, mineral oil etc. are easily depleted as they are used up. On the other hand, renewable energy sources such as solar energy, wind energy, hydropower etc. do not get depleted easily with use and are renewable. Hydropower is the largest renewable energy source in the United States, with the total capacity of the Alta wind power plant and electricity in the United States and China. Renewable energy sources currently meet 26% of the world's electricity demand.

At the same time, there is another interesting "side effect" of alternative energy promotion. While the world, realizing the limited availability of fossil resources, is developing alternative energy, and some of the leaders of the oil market are themselves investing huge amounts of money in the development of alternative solutions, others are trying in every possible way "from all outlets" to spread the message to the masses that alternative energy is evil, not ecological, harmful, not profitable, fake and in general "Wind turbines shake so much that worms come out of the ground"  ;D

Nonrenewable is not as easily exhausted as claimed, as we have been running out of oil since the seventies and despite using more oil than ever we still have a lot of reserves, renewable energy will slow down this process even more allowing us an easier transition between those two sources of energy, however I think the current renewable sources of energy are just a bridge, as once fusion energy is developed and mastered then that technology will become outdated, as fusion energy will not only be completely clean but it will produce way more energy as well.

It’s sad that many things are politicalized in our world today but, some of the hold on renewable energy sources are linked with maintenance and cost of acquisition. These equipments are not readily affordable and if we could take the Tesla motors for an example, you would find out the business Musk is put in when the damages to these cars becomes the cases. It first needs to be affordable for easy adoption.

For these, nature will always take its course despite human intervention. No doubt we brought or created situations that heightened the effects from these natural disasters but, finding your nation with certain regions or zones on the lines or longitude and latitude will always drag some of these disasters your way.

Good enough since have advanced to a point where we could predict but, it’s just sad that nature takes such toe on some of these nations. Even the Dinosaurs that did no carbon pollution got wiped out by disasters and what have you. Nature will always have its course!

Most likely, the question was posed a little incorrectly. Countries are switching to the use of alternative energy sources and this is the call of the time, since the use of traditional oil, coal and gas is very quickly deteriorating the climate on our planet. If earlier people usually dismissed the solution to this problem by saying that it was a problem of the distant future, now everyone already sees the consequences of such neglect. Humanity will definitely switch to other, more environmentally friendly energy sources, and not only those that are currently known. But this is not an addiction. This is the convenience and safety of our society. We can switch to other energy sources at any time, which will be more accessible and cheaper.

I don't think these regions depend 100% on renewable energy or are climate-neutral or something. Even if the public/government is using and providing exclusively renewable energy it's not true for private individuals who still drive diesel cars, use natural gas or wood pellets for heating etc. In order to become truly climate-neutral you have to make 100% of population use renewable energy, which is not feasible atm. All in all, this climate/eco/renewable energy situation can be best described with saying "too little too late". We have already passed the point of no return according to ecologists and climate activists and only started doing something to prevent it.

In theory it can indeed be done. But the transition period from fossil energy to renewable energy is actually a big obstacle.

Apart from the fact that it requires quite high costs in making facilities and such. In fact, the real obstacle is that we ourselves may already be dependent on the use of oil fuel energy.

But if awareness of environmental sustainability is increased, I believe that in the future renewable energy will really be used and become the majority of usage. But building everyone's awareness is the most difficult.

High infrastructure and capital can be overcome. But human awareness to love nature more, I think this is the real obstacle.

The world has been through similar periods before. Only in the modern world changes happen easier and faster than for example transition from horse power to steam engines :)
So I don't see any problems, especially considering the fact that we are not going to get away from it, due to the real limitation of fossil reserves. I.e. whether we want to or not - we are EXPECTED to switch to alternative energy - nuclear, cold fusion, renewable energy sources....

It’s not really that difficult to switch over to renewable energy sources. I think we are naturally resistant to change but change being constant is also inevitable. Sooner or later, It’s bound to happen.
What changes to our social life do you think would renewable sources of energy bring that would be difficult to adapt to? None that comes to my mind.
We’ve been for far too long solely dependent on fossil fuels for our energy sources and people are open to other options. We’re going to get a lot more benefits using renewable energy as these sources of energy literally cannot be exhausted. How does it get any better than that?

Converting to renewable energy being time consuming and difficult is merely propaganda pushed by oil tycoons who has  been making record profits over the years with little care for the environment.

Using renewable energy has its pros and cons. Renewable energy is difficult to obtain in unsuitable weather conditions or from unsuitable materials. There is also the issue of durability. Often what is considered ideal is most often not. Therefore, the process of switching to renewable energy sources will be very long

Another issue is that those technologies use rare-earth metals and China basically has a monopoly on those, and with the current political and economic climate they are already using them against western nations, now the governments behind those nations are trying to find a substitute for those elements and they are obtaining decent results, but who knows when they will be able to get rid of the Chinese influence on that field, which could delay the adoption of those technologies even further.

Renewable energy is the future. In 2020, around 29% of global electricity production is through renewable means, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) and this percentage is expected to increase in the coming years. Renewable energy is expected to become the largest source of electricity generation by 2025. It is also providing jobs to the people. It is estimated that there is an increase of over 150% in employment in the solar industry alone in a decade. An increase of 1/3rd is expected in the global additions of renewable power capacity this year, according to IEA's latest reports.  

Have a look at the latest data about energy generation by renewable means.

The point is that there are many obstacles to achieving the equitable application of renewable energy. And this has become a very normal thing. Because to achieve a change for the better definitely requires more effort. Which of course takes time because the research is quite long. Various things must be considered carefully. And again, there will always be pros and cons in world governments regarding this matter.

And building renewable energy infrastructure also requires quite large costs. So everything can only be done slowly.

Fortunately, all changes and advances in technology today are actually increasingly leading to renewable technology. In fact, investment in research in this field continues to increase. The goal is so that everyone can enjoy renewable energy but still at an affordable cost. But I doubt that will happen any time soon. But I believe it will happen. Even large companies like Tesla continue to research and develop technology that uses renewable energy. Or another example is the SunPower company which is currently famous as a solar panel manufacturer. And I believe there will be more and more companies operating in this field.

You are absolutely right about this. I remember the days of national presidential elections here in the country I live in, one of the biggest talks during campaigns is the adaptation of renewable energy. There are of course those who are in favor of it as they support and believe in the benefits renewable energy will provide for the country and its people, while there are those who are against it (for now) as they believe that the country isn't ready for the required money, effort, and time it will take to fully adapt such system. In the end, there are surely a lot of things to consider before making such decision regarding renewable energy and thus it is safe to state that not every nation as of now are ready for it.

As compared to the pros the number of cons are more with that of renewable energy as we cannot get it easily and we cannot get benefit from it 24 hours per day. If we take an example of solar system so it cannot persist in every weather and every hour of a day.

The performance of renewable energy is not as fast as we requires but one benefit is here that world will not be effected by the harmful effects of sun when we use it to as a source of renewable energy. We will also be profitable and our money will be saved if we use renewable energy as it is cost effective and do not require much money to cover its bills.

The world is already moving towards renewable energy sources and having a lot of success with it, however it's an expensive business so it is the richest countries in the world who are leading the way most of the time. Just look at the UK, it has vast wind farms which have enabled it to generate it's entire eletrical grid energy needs for days at a time, purely off renewables. One thing that is key to it however is diversification and nuclear power should still be considered as a backup or baseline load option, because it is much more reliable. Improvements to battery and long term energy storage will also be essential, because at the moment it is hard to store energy so it needs to be used around the time it is generated.

If you remember the UK, then among European countries, I think that Germany will be a leader in this direction. But this is a long process and it is not so easy to immediately abandon nuclear energy, especially when it has always been the main source for many countries of the world.

Recently, we have increasingly seen how different countries are trying to use renewable energy sources, but this so far provides only a small part of the required capacity. China is now the leader in the production of solar batteries and they also use them, look, the length is about 80 kilometers, this is impressive.

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Renewable energy is of course the right solution to replace natural materials such as oil and gas which are increasingly difficult, maybe at the moment this seems strange but slowly technology will emerge that can use renewable energy so that it is no longer dependent on mining products such as oil, gas and others. .

The energy you gave as an example, namely solar energy, can be converted into electricity and stored. In other words, even if we cannot ensure that this energy is produced 24/7, we can ensure that it is stored. There are many different methods and alternatives like this.

We must use renewable energy. Renewable energy is of great importance because of the possibility of depletion of our resources. The advantages of renewable energy outweigh its disadvantages. While energy is the most needed thing in the world, all alternatives must be evaluated and used cheaply.

Clead Edge's report mentions five important developments necessary for the transition to 100% renewable energy. These are summarized as follows:
 
1) A robust electricity transmission infrastructure
2) Zero energy buildings and grid-connected smart appliances
3) Storage
4) More large-scale renewable energy facilities
5) Cost effective small solar power plants.

Four of the five points are possible. The critical element here is storage. There is a direct and very important relationship between storage and the transition to 100% renewable energy.
Recently, solar and wind have come to the forefront among the resources that are called renewable and supported in the world. The energy produced from these two sources is also intermittent energy production. Therefore, they need to be stored in order to meet demand continuously. Water can be stored but it is difficult to store two of the most important resources. I can say that this transition will be possible with the solution of the storage problem. Otherwise, we will be stuck with fossil fuels for a long time to come.

We’ve been far too reliant on fossil fuels and some countries, bear the brunt of it when there’s a man made scarcity or other problems that could arise that would bring about an energy crisis so of course, renewable energy is the right solution to replace fossil fuels.

The tech to harness these renewable energy sources has already emerged. We’ve got people today, driving around with electric vehicles. I think we still have some quite a while and lots of work to be done before fossil fuels would be relegated as a substitute energy source but slowly, we’re getting there.

Germany has enough budget to do something like this because it wouldn't hurt them all that much. I personally believe that they are making this type of changes all before everyone else (along with Scandinavian nations) because they have the budget for it. Try to go all solar in a nation like Nigeria if you can, how would people be able to afford building something like that? They wouldn't be able to do that at all and it makes no sense. It wouldn't be affordable for other nations and it would be fine for Germany.

China is doing it because they have the budget for it as well, maybe not every person is living a fine life, they are the nation with safety net in factories so people wouldn't commit suicide, so imagine how terrible life must be there, but the government is quite powerful and rich enough to do something like this.

German and Scandinavian nations with large funds undertaking eco-friendly improvements because they can? Budget isnt everything. Sustainability and renewable energy's long-term economic benefits are key.

How about Nigeria? The idea that people cant afford solar is foolish. Solar energy is affordable and even be cheaper in the long run for countries with less financial flexibility. Future savings and sustainability matter more than original investment.

And China? A rich government doesnt guarantee universal prosperity, right? Socioeconomic gaps and working-class struggles are not footnotes. These harsh realities contrast with the government's financial strength. Its complicated, not just a budget issue.

It’s is possible for the world to move into renewable energy. The world is blessed with so many  natural resources that can help utilize this process, for instance in Nigeria, we have a lot of waste laying around that we can convert into renewable energy, the rice husk for instance if proper utilize can serve effectively in the solar system. The rice husk is a biomass and can be used in the production of silicon. This silicon that is produced can be used in the solar system. This is just one example, they are many others and some we haven’t discover yet. Studies and research are carried out every day to find better way to make livelihood easy.
 The government will have to pay close attention to this new reality and see how they can help bring it into limestone by investing in renewable energy. Renewable energy will continue to rise in the upcoming decade, edging out fossil fuels and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

On the other hand, even though there have been many electric cars, there are also those who can find water as fuel by separating existing compounds, but this is still in one trial and of course still requires further testing. Electrical fuels are starting to spread and replace fossil fuels, of course this cannot change drastically but it will be gradual until complete replacement occurs later, of course it will take a lot of time

Electric vehicles are currently increasingly being used. Even in my country, infrastructure development for charging electric vehicles continues. And the development is also quite fast. The use of electric vehicles is also believed to reduce carbon emissions in the air. And the conclusion is that currently we are moving towards renewable technology. Years ago we were introduced to energy from sunlight. And these years we have been introduced to a wide variety of electric vehicles. So it is possible that the transition to renewable energy is indeed near. It's just that even distribution of its use will definitely take a long time.

The development of infrastructure for charging electric vehicles will increase people's interest in switching to electric vehicles because it will make it easier for people if they run out of power while traveling, but this requires a process for people who are used to fossil fuel vehicles because if they have to replace their vehicles with Electric vehicles certainly require quite a lot of money. I think this could hinder their distribution.

Of course, we are only at the beginning of the transition to renewable energy sources. And soon there will be many types of them, some of which we don’t even know exist right now. Previously, oil and gas corporations made every effort and committed many crimes to prevent alternative energy sources from appearing. But now the situation is different: climate change and the reduction of fossil fuels are simply pushing humanity to actively search for new sources of energy.

Countries those have large funds are able to boost to the economy, but that's only applied to a short term plan, they need sustainability and renewable energy because those offer long-term economic benefits that are essential for a better future. prioritizing renewable energy sources is the best policy a government can make to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels. Governments should be investing in efficiency measures of energy, because that's the best idea that can save businesses and consumers money on their energy expenditures. Sustainability should be top priority, because that can create a more dependable and sustainable economy for future generations.

there are countries that even today are yet not industrialized. they can't manufacture something other than their local stuff and only for their consumption.
if the United Nations for example is going to force them to use renewable energy while they have winters all the time in their country, they will have a blackout for the whole 4 months.

lucky are those countries that already become rich by industrializing themselves that had been building their economy through fossil fuels for a century.

   Government's investment in residual energy will go a long way in boosting the country's economy. Renewable energies are highly essential because, when they get used up, there's always a means for regeneration.  Fossil fuels for instance, once used up cannot be regenerated unless combustion occurs again. And this combustion emit carbon which is harmful to humans, thereby causing air pollution. Whereas in renewable it’s is not case.
   Energy occurs steadily in nature and so one just has to find a means of making it a source of revenue, it'd really help because, there'd be no need to spend excessively on other sources, as more products can be derived from energy sources.

On the one hand - yes we are dependent on fossil fuels. On the other hand - we know very well that these reserves are very limited ! In addition - as the existing sources are depleted, the development of new ones will become more and more expensive, and soon it will simply become another tool of MANIPULATION and coercion of entire countries and regions.
At the same time, we are now witnessing the active development of exactly those technologies described in the title of the topic - technologies to increase the efficiency of electricity generation, infrastructure development, storage technologies.... This is the next round of civilization development, as there was a transition from horse-drawn transport and manual labor to internal combustion engines and mechanization of labor. This transition is inevitable

Interesting explanation from you OP. I admit that this is seen as an important step to maintain environmental sustainability as well as a currently developing issue, namely climate change, and this is also capable of boosting economic growth and creating jobs in the renewable energy sector.

More generally, of course each country is ready and not, where they are ready with existing resources but are still hampered in adopting renewable energy technology, for example renewable energy installations due to high costs.
     

I can agree with the expensive installation costs, however, once they installed, they will enjoy free energy.
There may be maintenance costs, but it may be minimal afterwards. So for me, it is worth exploring the use of renewable energy.
However, they need a very good plan on this, so as not to waste their financial resources for nothing.
We are already heading to the exploration of these renewable sources, so for me, it is worth exhausting the potential of these free sources.

The initial cost to setup the renewable energy production units will be high, when the outcome and the time period is calculated it used to be good and more effective than non renewable energy sources. Recently most of the European Countries have begun to concentrate much on renewable energy sources, and the realisation happened when the Russian oil import were stopped due to the sanction. It takes more years for the infrastructure development, and this is really good for the environment.

Maintenance costs are often an obstacle to the adoption of renewable energy, just look at solar panels for example, the expensive price may not necessarily be profitable for the user. In fact, it is cheaper to use electricity provided by the state rather than private solar panels. if you still don't have a stable income to maintain the maintenance costs of the renewable energy you have then avoid using it, in several countries their government has started to develop renewable energy but the distribution is still not evenly distributed as is the case in my own country.

More or less the tycoon that is benefitting from the current energy supply situation will counter this action and will act accordingly and might possibly lead the change making sure that they will still hold the power to do the changes and can be able to milk individuals through their offered services.

If the same group of people will manage and create the shift to renewable energy, then I do not think that there will be a change in the condition of people buying the service.  It will still be monopolized by the people behind the current energy source system.


It is worth trying but the government make sure that it will not be monopolized by a single company and there should be healthy competition in offering materials and services to keep the price and quality in check.

At the current situation we are using lot of nonrenewable energy. At the enough time the sources will end then we can't regenerate the nonrenewable energy. In future the main source of our energy is renewable energy sources. In future with can't generate electricity with burning coal we have to generate electricity by using sunlight, air , watar etc. in future the whole Earth will depend on the renewable energy because the using of nonrenewable energy will in soon our future generation will fully depend on the renewable energy because one day nonrenewable energy will finish and its impossible to regenerate it.

Every country should save the their non renewable resources. United Arab Emirates does know the value of petrol ,after 70 -100  years petrol ends up. Life will be very difficult for that countries who did not prepare for future. We should not waste water because after 100 years ,it will end . Researchs prove that non renewable resources should be use in limited quantity ,so we should use petrol in car for necessary conditions. Everyone should be aware of the future of our next generations. Gas will be end in the next century and USA is being prepare for future .

What impact will occur when the whole world tries to develop renewable energy and will this be a solution to the current extreme global warming problem? We are not one of the experts who can accurately review the impact of renewable energy, but what we know is that when this is done, there will be sectors that will start to be neglected and the way to develop may have to sacrifice other things. Dependence on nature may be an obstacle because unpredictable extreme weather occurs at any time and the costs required are also quite high to develop renewable energy so not all countries do it.

There must be an in-depth study when renewable energy begins to be developed and perhaps we also have to look at human ability to utilize it. If not, the development of renewable energy will only be enjoyed by a few people who have the ability to enjoy it and small communities will find it difficult to enjoy it if they are charged with having to pay for it.

Renewable source of energy is very exceptional, affordable, and very minimal price to maintain, I think this is what the world needs at this moment,  this is a source of energy that's free from environmental pollution, and very cheap to buy, If the world population can fully develop more equipment that is used to build this energy source, we won't be complaining of lack of energy in some part of the world, I came from a village in Nigeria, we don't have electricity, but something happened 2 years ago, some group of persons came telling my people about solar energy, how they can electrify my village with that means if we allow them to come in, at first we saw it as a dream, but they later built the solar turbine in my place, as am talking to us now, we have uninterrupted electricity supply and we pay little,  I believe our government knows all this, is just that they won't do it because of their selfish reasons, the only visible thing here is the private sector investment.

In my opinion, this is very significant news:
"The world's largest solar power plant, Al Dhafra, was launched in the United Arab Emirates. The opening of the facility took place on the eve of the Climate Change Conference (COP28), which will be held from November 30 to December 12 in the UAE."


The news that the largest oil supplier is investing huge amounts of money in alternative energy sounds interesting.

Speaking of “trends” - type into Google the search phrase “launched the largest solar station” - and you will see how many such projects there are, all over the world!


Link for the lazy :) https://www.google.com/search?q=launched+the+largest+solar+station (https://www.google.com/search?q=launched+the+largest+solar+station)

The initial investment is pretty expensive, though. It's worthful on long term (decades), but you need a very large budget to have access to this technology, unless the government creates a financing program, so you can pay for it in monthly parcels for several years. However, they don't do this, because it would affect important sectors of society, like fossil energy production and the public companies which sell energy to the population at very expensive costs.

You are right when you say about the private sector, as the only way we can have access to renewable energy sources is through paying very expensive costs to them.

That allows only a very slight portion of the society to adopt green energy, consequently not allowing the world to benefit from its advantages in large scale. I truly believe there is a lobby forbidding green energy adoption from growing in high intensity right now, what is a pitty, although there is nothing we can do about it, besides paying the price it costs.

government around the world always prefer coal for god knows reason maybe they consider coal to be more cheaper thats why they want it but we all know the mining activities as well as the process of generating power causes massive pollution, but then again the renewable sources of energy are still in its premature stage i think it'd be better if someone like elon could somehow innovate and invent better solution for renewable energy thats both easy to mantain, cheap and could generate massive amount of energy because the biggest hurdle with using something like solar panel is that most of the time it doesn't produce that much energy and requires a lot of solar panel to power one big household consistently.
at the end of the day its government that honestly should incentivizes the use of renewable energies.

Yes, we can. If you look at the Kardashev scale, it is possible that the world is dependent on renewable energy sources. On that scale, our world will be able to depend on renewable energy sources on a scale of 1 and now we are on a scale of 0.7, meaning we are approaching civilization where we can utilize all renewable resources on the earth and the sun. Maybe we will not be able to completely get rid of fossil energy because it is also needed to make our world warmer, but perhaps the amount will be drastically reduced and its use will be more restricted.

The main obstacle and actually the first step that must be taken is this which is very difficult. Namely infrastructure development which is quite expensive and requires quite prolonged development until finally everything is ready in every area from big cities to remote areas. But actually the expensive financing is also equivalent to financing fossil fuel infrastructure too. Imagine if we started from a primitive state and started to discover fossil energy and we built the infrastructure. Of course, even then everything will feel very expensive. But still, all this was done slowly so that in the end development was evenly distributed in all regions and everyone began to use and get the benefits. So the development of renewable energy infrastructure will be the same. Yes, the costs will seem expensive, but when development continues slowly and gradually, without realizing it, all the infrastructure will be spread out and ready to be used.

The point is that all development will definitely be very expensive.
But because of the urgent need, everything will still be built, even if it has to be done little by little. Moreover, currently we are truly witnessing the destruction of nature. Where the climate is becoming hot due to global warming. So all countries are required to adopt renewable energy structurally and slowly. step by step. And ultimately everyone who currently even rejects renewable energy will eventually accept it and use it if the infrastructure is in place.

The point is that everything will ultimately use renewable energy. But it may take years or even decades to completely switch to renewable energy. But fossil energy will probably still exist and will only be used in limited portions.

Coal is a very specific resource. And the roots of "preference" are historical. I recommend reading the history of Britain, and the very difficult decisions associated with mine closures. The fact is that coal mining by the 20th century used huge numbers of workers. In many countries and in many mines, mining is done purely by hand, and that means thousands and thousands of people, and even entire small towns. Plus - the cost of coal and the cost of its purchase or subsidy programs - a very tidbit for those who trade in coal. That's why some countries continue to exploit cheap labor, making money on it, while closing the mines will not only deprive miners of income, but also create very significant social tensions. Social tensions in the mining regions, for example, are the main reason why developed countries subsidize and support the coal industry. Just imagine what would happen if 100.000 miners who do not know anything but coal mining and the saddest thing is that they do not want to change anything in their lives.

In my opinion, we have no other choice than to massively introduce renewable energy sources and try to replace traditional ones with them - oil, gas and coal, which cause irreparable damage to the environment and dramatically change the climate on our planet. Talk about it being expensive, difficult and not so fast is absolutely unfounded. After all, we are actually talking about the survival of humanity.
In addition, alternative energy sources have been developed relatively recently, but are being improved at a rapid pace and their cost is falling. I think that over time they will almost completely replace traditional fossil energy sources and this will be very cool.

Renewable energy is nowhere near as flawless as people say it is. Not all countries and locations can use it. Energy generation occurs at certain times of the day, not around the clock. There are also problems with the capacity of the renewable energy source and the high cost of production

We’ve got little choice than to get used to these renewable sources of energy if we want to have enough to fulfill our energy needs in the distant future. These fossil fuels can be depleted and it takes a really long time for it to build up again.

Sources for these renewable energy may be difficult and expensive to put up but what good project isn’t? And I bet these calls for it being so expensive are made by oil companies and its allies to dissuade the general public from buying into the idea of switching from the traditional energy source to these energy sources that can be renewable and used.
Making the switch to renewable energy sources is in a way, inevitable. But with humans, we’ll naturally be resistant to change.