Nathan Lewis Presentation Responce

In the attempts to go about our daily lives, we find ourselves in the midsts of a dying planet. What this means for us, is that our whole existence relies on our planet and all the biodiversity it offers. The problem is trying to figure out an eco-friendly and cheap way to get energy to satisfy the needs of the people. About 85 percent of all energy consumption (including the generation of electricity) comes from oil, gas and coal, with the world consuming about 13 trillion watts of energy every day. All which have let out tremendous amounts of CO2 into our atmosphere over the years. “Fossil energy is the lowest-cost energy we have on the planet today,” Lewis said. “Using the axis of optimization based on cost, it’s pretty clear cost optimization will lead us to rely almost exclusively on fossil energy for decades to come.”

By the 2050, the human population is expected to rise up to 10 billion people, which in hence, would double the demands for energy. What will this mean for the planet? “We won’t know until we open the door in 2050,” Lewis said. “We know at the rate we are going, assuming we conserve energy like never before, and if we have a pure natural gas economy, the carbon dioxide levels within our lifetime will be at least twice as high as anything that has been on our planet in the last million years.” We are at a point where we have to put money aside and do what is right for our planet for a change.