Comments on: Sustainable Energy: Shifting the Paradigm http://energysustainability.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/sustainable-energy-shifting-the-paradigm-5/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 23 May 2009 21:51:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Cederash http://energysustainability.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/sustainable-energy-shifting-the-paradigm-5/#comment-49 Cederash Sat, 23 May 2009 21:51:02 +0000 http://energysustainability.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-49 Мне кажется ништяк! Мне кажется ништяк!

]]> By: Jambu Kumar Jain- India http://energysustainability.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/sustainable-energy-shifting-the-paradigm-5/#comment-39 Jambu Kumar Jain- India Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:59:52 +0000 http://energysustainability.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-39 In India We need Solar Power and wind Power instead of Nuclear Power because in most of country ( 95 % ) we have sun light, and temperature remain 35 to 45 digree centegrate so we can maximum utilise sun power in generation of Electricity as well as we have 30 % AREA ,Sea sour in our country ,where we can can form electricity form wind power but it seems that our India Goverment dosen't want to use Solar and Wind, for generation in electricity - power. only to show our power in world our goverment need Nuclear power and for this purpose our goverment go to USA goverment (To Mr Bush ) for Uranium which is shameful for us. In India We need Solar Power and wind Power instead of Nuclear Power because in most of country ( 95 % ) we have sun light, and temperature remain 35 to 45 digree centegrate so we can maximum utilise sun power in generation of Electricity as well as we have 30 % AREA ,Sea sour in our country ,where we can can form electricity form wind power but it seems that our India Goverment dosen’t want to use Solar and Wind, for generation in electricity – power. only to show our power in world our goverment need Nuclear power and for this purpose our goverment go to USA goverment (To Mr Bush ) for Uranium which is shameful for us.

]]> By: Alberto Salazar http://energysustainability.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/sustainable-energy-shifting-the-paradigm-5/#comment-38 Alberto Salazar Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:01:15 +0000 http://energysustainability.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-38 I am very much in favor of such initiative. It should help shifing the energ paradigm. We need this for both environmental and social reasons. As you may know, Mexico is higly intensive in oil and natural gas; at the same time, we are facing scandalous degradation of the environment and a very unbalanced development. Here I have some coments 1. I understand you use Sustainable Energy in your article instead of just Renewable Energy since Sustainability mus be thought with a social interest. Unfortunately, this world was not kept by the name of IRENA. Do energy savings and efficency, as well as democratization of knowledge, will be a part of IRENA concerns? 2. A second question, when you say the IRENA project invited countries to join for the statutes you mean inviting country 'governments' ? In the case of many countries, this could be a risk. Perhaps the IRENA project could also consult NGO's, Universities, etc. 3. I think when you list Sustainable Energy you should include the biological options of Bioenergy (including biogas and wood). This topic is particularly important in a country like Mexico. I do not mean to include agro fuels since I agree with you, one must be realistic about their real impact. Biological options which help local development and prevent deforestation or help restore land, must be treated separatedly from the agro fuels (industrial) issue. As you know, the fact is that in most of the tropical countries we are continuously losing our forests for the lack of management programs; even if traditional agriculture used say, wind energy, soils will be degraded as they are nowdays. Now concerning global warming, 24% of GHG in Mexico come from destruction of ecosystems and waste. The figures must be similar for other Latin American countries. 4. In developing countries, many of the Sustainable Energy options would be very similar to those for developed countries for city life; however, I would like cheap and accessible technology options to be included as important for the South. Best regards I am very much in favor of such initiative. It should help shifing the energ paradigm. We need this for both environmental and social reasons.
As you may know, Mexico is higly intensive in oil and natural gas; at the same time, we are facing scandalous degradation of the environment and a very unbalanced development.
Here I have some coments
1. I understand you use Sustainable Energy in your article instead of just Renewable Energy since Sustainability mus be thought with a social interest. Unfortunately, this world was not kept by the name of IRENA. Do energy savings and efficency, as well as democratization of knowledge, will be a part of IRENA concerns?
2. A second question, when you say the IRENA project invited countries to join for the statutes you mean inviting country ‘governments’ ? In the case of many countries, this could be a risk. Perhaps the IRENA project could also consult NGO’s, Universities, etc.
3. I think when you list Sustainable Energy you should include the biological options of Bioenergy (including biogas and wood). This topic is particularly important in a country like Mexico. I do not mean to include agro fuels since I agree with you, one must be realistic about their real impact. Biological options which help local development and prevent deforestation or help restore land, must be treated separatedly from the agro fuels (industrial) issue. As you know, the fact is that in most of the tropical countries we are continuously losing our forests for the lack of management programs; even if traditional agriculture used say, wind energy, soils will be degraded as they are nowdays. Now concerning global warming, 24% of GHG in Mexico come from destruction of ecosystems and waste. The figures must be similar for other Latin American countries.

4. In developing countries, many of the Sustainable Energy options would be very similar to those for developed countries for city life; however, I would like cheap and accessible technology options to be included as important for the South.

Best regards

]]> By: Howard Richards http://energysustainability.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/sustainable-energy-shifting-the-paradigm-5/#comment-35 Howard Richards Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:54:01 +0000 http://energysustainability.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-35 I agree with the physical analysis, but find the economic analysis mistaken. See the book by me and Joanna Swanger "The Dilemmas of Social Democracies," now in paperback. I agree with the physical analysis, but find the economic analysis mistaken. See the book by me and Joanna Swanger “The Dilemmas of Social Democracies,” now in paperback.

]]>