Renewable Energy is green energy. Renewable Energy is produced from the source of nearly all the earth's energy available to man - the sun.

However, unlike coal, and oil, and natural gas - all of which are taken from the mineral resources of the earth, renewable energy does not involve using up these irreplaceable resources.

Climate change is taking place - at least that is now clearly shown by rising average temperatures across the world, and accepted by thousands of scientist researchers.

The best evidence we have that it is the build-up of greenhouse gases in the earth's atmosphere which is causing the warming, and that the increase in carbon dioxide and carbon dioxide equivalent chemicals in the atmosphere are the greenhouse gases most responsible.

Now, two or three things are going to happen before long:-

1. The available oil production will peak as the oil resource begins to become less abundant
2. The cost of non-renewable fuels will rise so high that renewable fuels become cheaper, and this is already happening
3. Nations will realise the dangers of climate change and place incentives on the production of renewable energy from renewable energy sources.

This hub is devoted to following the developments in renewable energy, and if you have not heard much about it so far - expect to be hearing a LOT more about it from now on, in the press, and on the web.

Why?

Because Renewable Energy or Nuclear (and Fusion - if it becomes technologically available) are the only alternatives to the huge amount of fossil-fuel derived energy we now consume.

Why will we here such a LOT about Alternative Energy soon?

If any one of the three factors I have listed occur, and they WILL take place in time, the demand for Renewable Energy will become enormous. If more than one of those coincide then we are talking about every conceivable effort worldwide being placed both (by governments and business people) in creating renewable energy. Why every will want to get in on the act. Fortunes will be made, and lost. It is going to be a fascinating subject to chronicle.

How soon will these three possible influences which explode the world's interest in renewable energy begin to take place?

Many say that the world's oil reserves will peak within 10 years. When the peak in reserves has past, then it will only be a few years before oil production has to drop.

This will be the worst factor to hit oil prices ever, from the consumer's point of view. It has never happened in any significant manner before. At this point oil will be more than expensive than very many of the renewable energy sources we have.

The Main Forms of Renewable Energy Production are

1. Solar
2. Wind
3. Hydropower
4. Biofuel
5. Biomas Power
6. Geothermal
7. and More.

That's all we have for our first posting.

Return to this hub again as we develop the contents over time.