Reinventing Uses of Energy
-Dr. Lalit Kumar Setia
To reduce emissions and control global warming, every country expressed its commitment to reinvent the uses of
energy in life. There is a need to research the efficient methods of using
energy, brainstorm the ideas, and imagine beyond existing uses of energy in
primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors of the economies.
Economic Development with Labour-intensive Businesses
The use of machines generates more emissions
than the use of human resources. The skilled manpower with minimum wastage can
reduce the waste and e-waste with effective and efficient use of resources.
There is a need to work upon ‘zero-defect outputs’ so that wastage of resources
can be minimized.
Promoting Alternate Sources of Energy
The dependence on oil, coal, and gas
and the increasing use of these items is also a major source of carbon emissions.
The promotion of alternate sources of energy can reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. The solar capacity can be increased, for example, at present
India has 40 Gigawatts of energy generated and used from solar sources while
the potential is more than 5600 Gigawatts, therefore it is need of the hour to
work upon it and promote the solar energy resources to the extent possible.
New opportunities for Employment
The paradigm shifts from conventional
to alternate sources of energy will create huge opportunities for employed
youth to work upon. The funding of such projects in developing and
underdeveloped economies will boost economic growth and will also improve
the availability of land and water around the world.
Electrification with Wind and Solar Energy Sources
The reforms in the power sector for re-electrification
of villages, cities, and metro cities around the world will increase the rate
of economic growth. The replacement of coal and gas-based power generation with
wind and solar-based plants in a systematic way; will make the countries vibrant
and the level of pollution in the air will reduce significantly. Like
digitalization using information technology and demonetization using
e-currencies, the shift to non-conventional energy sources will make the
future bright for the whole of mankind.
Sustainable and Continuous Development in Eco-friendly mode
Till today, the world touched new heights of development but at the same time, the level of carbon emissions also increased with the level of economic development. The reinventing of uses of energy will give us a way to develop the economies in sustainable ways by keeping the pollution levels in control. The new tools of technology will be promoted around the world and cleanliness will also increase the health of the whole mankind. The mining activities for obtaining coal, oil, and gas will be decreased year after year and clean sources of energy will be promoted to meet the increasing energy requirements of the countries.
Conclusion
With the increase in the
quantum of clean energy on the earth, the global warming and climate change
problems will definitely be sorted out.
