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?. ?. ?. Liceo Scientifico «G. Galilei» – Pescara s. 2012/13 Silvia Corradi – Class: II A UDA Global Warming English Teacher : Prof.ssa Miscia Roberta GREEN ECONOMY. ?. ?. ?.
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? ? ? Liceo Scientifico «G. Galilei» – Pescara s. 2012/13 Silvia Corradi – Class: II A UDA Global Warming English Teacher: Prof.ssa Miscia Roberta GREEN ECONOMY ? ? ?
WHAT IS GREEN ECONOMY?A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY WITH MANY MORE LIMITED GAS EMISSIONSIN THE AIR AND REDUCED HUMAN IMPACT ON THE PLANET. IT IS AN ECONOMY IN WHICH TRADITIONAL ENERGY SOURCES ARE EITHER FLANKED OR REPLACED BY ALTERNATIVE, RENEWABLE SOURCES SUCH AS WIND POWER, BIOMASSES, SOLAR POWER, GEOTHERMAL AND HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER.
THEBALANCE people Profit PLANET
BLACK ENERGY ECONOMY BASED ON Carbon-intensive fossilfuelslikepetroleum
Thiseconomic model: • usesrenewableenergy, • - preserves world ecosystems, biologicaldiversity and forests
New sources of power biomassES biofuel solarenergy
Biological material from living organisms • Can be convertedintoenergy in three ways: • thermalconversion, • chemicalconversion • - biochemicalconversion Can eitherbeuseddirectly or indirectly, converted intoanothertypeofenergy productsuchasbiofluel
Biofuel - Itsenergyderives from biogical carbon fixation - Itisgaininggrowing public and scientificattentionowing to reasonssuchas oil price hikes and the need for increasedenergy security