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Need to phase out fossil fuels, says Study
The worldwide reliance on burning fossil fuels to create energy could be phased out in a decade, according to a major energy think tank in the UK. Professor Benjamin Sovacool, Director of the Sussex Energy Group at the University of Sussex in the UK, believes that the next great energy revolution could take place in a fraction of the time of major changes in the past.
London: The worldwide reliance on burning fossil fuels to create energy could be phased out in a decade, according to a major energy think tank in the UK. Professor Benjamin Sovacool, Director of the Sussex Energy Group at the University of Sussex in the UK, believes that the next great energy revolution could take place in a fraction of the time of major changes in the past.
But it would take a collaborative, interdisciplinary, multi-scalar effort to get there, he said. And that effort must learn from the trials and tribulations from previous energy systems and technology transitions.
Sovacool analysed energy transitions throughout history and argued that only looking towards the past can often paint an overly bleak and unnecessary picture.
Moving from wood to coal in Europe, for example, took between 96 and 160 years, whereas electricity took 47 to 69 years to enter into mainstream use.
But this time the future could be different, he said - the scarcity of resources, the threat of climate change and vastly improved technological learning and innovation could greatly accelerate a global shift to a cleaner energy future.
