We may wake up one morning (click here) in the not-too-distant future and realize that the world has reached a tipping point on coal. Use of this fuel will be declining worldwide, as it already is in many countries. Coal accounts for some 40 percent of global electricity generation. Natural gas accounts for 22 percent, hydroelectric power provides 16 percent, nuclear power some 11 percent, and oil just 5 percent. Wind, biomass, and solar make up the remainder. (The remainder in this article is 6 percent.) No one knows exactly when coal will lose its top ranking as a source of electricity, but with world solar generating capacity growing in recent years at a phenomenal 60 percent annually and wind by more than 20 percent, use of the black rock that led the world into the industrial age may decline even faster than many in the energy field expect....
The cost of coal is more than cheap energy, it is a lot of trouble in the natural world. I think Earth might have been teaching human beings a lesson when acid rain became an issue. Get rid of that lousy stuff burning and killing nature.
Get rid of the smokestacks that blow the emissions high into the troposphere to hide the effects of acid rain.
Get rid of the caustic mess that will ultimately destroy the troposphere due to higher and higher amounts of greenhouse gases.
Henry Ford warned human beings about the CO2 pollution of car emissions, but, no one heeded the call.
How was it that Earth and Henry Ford had the same message? I think that is plenty of 'brain food' to entertain thought until next week.
Thank you for all your attention and patience.
