Question

Do you belive our current level of fossil fuel usage is sustainable? why or why not? Provide supporting evidence. Expain what your solution is and how it would decrease oht dependence upon fossil fuels.

Answer 1

Our current levels of fossil fuel usage is not sustainable although there is a lot of attention being given to the renewable energy shift but the current shift is not as high as it needs to be to make the usage sustainable because even today approximately 80% of the worlds energy is derived from fossil fuels which are unsustainable.If the current rate of usage of fossil fuels continue then it is estimated that by within 50-200 years we would end up with all of the available fossil fuel .According to the Renewable energy global status report our dependence on renewable energy sources was 22% in 2013 but this shift is heading forward with 25% in 2017 and this shows a positive sign.

Certainly, renewable energy is a major part of the solution but judious usage of energy is also important and to devise technology in order to minimise the heavy usage of energy is important such as going paperless which has helped in reducing CO₂ emission.Our lifestyles have also greatly contributed to consumption of more energy and this change will only lead to an increase in carbon emissions.Hence, getting oneself adapted to environmentally friendly ways such as car pooling and implementating the concept of green building to make house more energy efficient.