I get that fossil fuel burning generates more energy but there are wild fire breakouts due to scorching temps in southern Europe (and the rest) …whats the big deal breaker stopping us from harnessing the climate energy increase we cause and long term view of reducing emissions.. which in turn reduces the energy we can harness from our climate.
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Countries are committed to different degrees to switch to renewables, but in general the trend goes in that direction. What climate energy increase are you thinking about? The temperature itself? I don’t see how that would make for a usable energy harvesting source. To make electricity out of temperature you need a big temperature difference and big areas. To me it seems that the most common renewables already used (solar, wind, tidal, hydro) are more practical. The thing is, a couple degrees warmer on average don’t necessarily mean there’s more energy available in a useful form. First, 3°C is like a 1% increase in thermal energy. This increase doesn’t come from more sunrays, but from less of them being sent back out of the atmosphere. A generally, globally warmer climate could mean higher average wind speeds in a place, but less wind in others.
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