Mitigation

Mitigation



Emissions result from based electricity generation. Currently governments subsidize by $557 billion per year. However, in some countries, government action has boosted the development of renewable energy technologies—for example, a program to put on the roofs of a million homes has made a world leader in that technology, and s support for ensured its former leadership of that sector. In 2005, Governor promised an initiative to install a, which became the Most forms of renewable energy generate no appreciable amounts of greenhouse gases except for derived from

In June 2005, the of allegedly became the first head of a British company to admit that climate change is already affecting his company, and affecting its business, and announced planso source much of its substantial energy use from renewable sources. He noted that, "Since the beginning of the year, the media has been showing us images of Greenland glaciers crashing into the sea, Mount Kilimanjaro devoid of its ice cap and Scotland reeling from floods and gales. All down to natural weather cycles? I think not." Current uranium production is expected to be adequate at current consumption rates for about a century (from see also There are a number of alternative nuclear fission technologies, such as (see which could vastly extend fuel supplies if successfully developed and utilized. Lower-risk cycles have been demonstrated in the past.

One means of reducing carbon emissions is the of such as. Scientists have advanced a plan to power 100% of the world's energy with, and by the year 2030, recommending renewable energy subsidies and a price on carbon reflecting its cost for flood and related expenses

Current uranium production is expected to be adequate at current consumption rates for about a century (from, see also There are a number of alternative nuclear fission technologies, such as (see which could vastly extend fuel supplies if successfully developed and utilized. Lower-risk cycles have been demonstrated in the past.

A study performed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Gas Research Institute (GRI) in 1997 sought to discover whether the reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from increased natural gas (predominantly methane) use would be offset by a possible increased level of methane emissions from sources such as leaks and emissions. The study concluded that the reduction in emissions from increased natural gas use strongly outweighs the detrimental effects of increased methane emissions. Thus the increased use of natural gas in the place of other, dirtier fossil fuels can serve to lessen the emission of greenhouse gases in the United States.