These days, the world seems to be focused on energy. Large companies are making huge investments in the future of sustainable technologies and creative solutions to worldwide problems are showing up all over the place. Here’s a graphic that details the big players in the game and what they’re spending their money on.
In the United States, over 20% of our total energy consumption is residential. In fact, in the United States, we are the 7th largest per capita consumer of residential energy. Where is all of that energy going? Are you living with a "gas-guzzler"? Explore the application below to understand more about how we consume energy in our homes. Blue stars indicate ENERGY STAR models are available. Click on the green stars to find out how quickly an ENERGY STAR appliance can pay for itself.
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Despite a recent admission from the IEA that their findings on climate change may have arisen from ambiguous data, it is becoming increasingly difficult to deny that Earth's climate is changing or that atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased as a result of human activity.
In a world of dwindling traditional energy resources, countries are starting to invest in more sustainable alternatives. Here are the countries that are spending the most on renewable energy, along with how much of it they currently produce, and what percent of their total energy output that represents.
Renewable energy is the future of power. You know, I know, everyone knows it. However finding a sustainable form of energy that can power the EU to the same level at fossil fuels is, at current, an enormous task. One company though believes they have found the solution.