可再生能源的既不干净也不解决气候变化,根据最新Truthout面试

可再生能源的既不干净也不解决气候变化根据一项新的Truthout Ozzie Zehner采访时,加州大学伯克利分校的访问学者和书的作者绿色幻想。

而不是“炒作所谓的绿色能源,”Zehner主张将焦点转向人口增长和消费的影响。“如果我们想要解决气候变化和能源生产的其他后果,”言论Zehner,“我们需要大大减少消费和消费的人数。”

Zehner认为“没有所谓的清洁能源,但有一种东西更少的能量。”He highlights the disadvantages of renewable energy technologies such as solar cells, wind turbines, biomass, and electric cars. For instance, he claims, "we are now learning that the solar cell industry is one of the fastest growing emitters of virulent greenhouse gases such as sulfur hexafluoride, which has a global warming potential 23,000 times higher than CO₂根据政府间气候变化专门委员会(IPCC)。”

“有一个印象,我们有一个选择之间的化石燃料和清洁能源技术,如太阳能电池和风力涡轮机、“Zehner言论。“这个选择是一种错觉。”He identifies how alternative energy technologies rely on fossil fuels throughout their lifecycles. "Alternative energy technologies rely on fossil fuels for mining operations, fabrication plants, installation, ongoing maintenance and decommissioning. Also, due to the irregular output of wind and solar, these technologies require fossil fuel plants to be running alongside them at all times. Most significantly, alternative energy financing relies on the kind of growth that fossil fuels drive."

这种批评之前的一篇专栏由经济学家保罗•克鲁格曼(Paul Krugman),题目是“可再生能源位智商不那么高的,”他宣称是“怀疑”的负担能力“运行一个——可再生能源经济。”Zehner agrees, "there's a misconception that once alternative energy technologies get off the ground, they can fly on their own. But alternative energy technologies are better understood as a product of fossil fuels."

根据Zehner,如果有一个银弹应对气候变化,它是“想象一个繁荣,越来越less-consuming民众。”

Truthout面试:http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15588-power-shift-away-from-green-illusions

绿色的幻想的书:http://GreenIllusions.org

克鲁格曼专栏:http://truth-out.org/news/item/227

来源:http://www.greenillusions.org/