2024 - Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2024 Volume 15. Intl. Symp on Energy, Biochar, Cement, Carbon, Construction Materials, Agroforestry and Environmental
| Editors: | F. Kongoli, S.M. Atnaw, H. Dodds, M. Mauntz, T. Turna, H.W. Kua, M. Giorcelli, J. Antrekowitsch, G. Hanke, O. Adiguzel |
| Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Pages: | 297 pages |
| ISBN: | 978-1-998384-32-7 (CD) |
| ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
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ENERGY CHOICES AND CONSEQUENCES - 2024 UPDATE
Harold Dodds1;1UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, Knoxville, United States;
Type of Paper: Regular
Id Paper: 196
Topic: 17
Abstract:
With the world's population increasing from eight billion currently to approximately nine billion by the year 2040, achieving a healthy lifestyle for all people on earth will depend, in part, on the availability of affordable energy, especially electricity. This presentation considers the various choices, or options, for producing electricity and the consequences associated with each option. The options are fossil, renewable, and nuclear. The consequences associated with these three options are addressed in five different areas: public health and safety, environmental effects, economics, sustainability, and politics. All options are needed, but some options are better than others when compared in the five areas. This presentation is a brief summary of a short course entitled “Energy Choices and Consequences”, which was initially created by the author several years ago and is continuously updated. The presentation will provide updated information through September of 2024.