What many people do not understand is that a fast transition is not going to be possible, there is too much money invested in the current technologies that we are using so it is going to take a lot of time before renewable sources of energy become the main source of energy around the world.
However as long as we can implement them and make a more efficient use of our energy then we are going to see improvements on the environment, and once enough time passes then a full transition will be possible, however I think this will take 4 to 5 decades at the soonest.
However as long as we can implement them and make a more efficient use of our energy then we are going to see improvements on the environment, and once enough time passes then a full transition will be possible, however I think this will take 4 to 5 decades at the soonest.
I agree with the first part, but not with the last. 5 decades is just too far. We don't have enough fossil fuels (including natural gas) to sustain us for that long. The big change needs to come in the next 10-15 years. Energy from renewable sources are getting cheaper with every passing year. I can give you an example. Solar electricity had a break-even price of around $0.40 per KWh just one decades ago. The same stands at $0.08 per KWh. And in the next 10-15 years, we can expect this to go down even further.
I believe that is why there isn't decent investment and effort to improve renewable sources of energy production and adoption. The archaic model most of us have access and currently make use of is profitable for the ones who are on the top, so of course they won't want to change it at all. If there were legit interest from the whole society in renewable energy sources I believe we wouldn't even need to wait more 10 or 15 years to see it going mainstream, as it would be already happening right now.
