Energy sustainability importance

Solar energy is important for achievement of sustainable processes because it constitutes a renewable, cheap, and clean energy source. 

There are many daunting challenges to be solved before the world can achieve true energy sustainability, that is, the zero use of fossil fuels. For the present, it is important for governments and industry to focus their attention and funding on ... 

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C—H activation has been one of the most important research areas in chemistry in the last several decades because it holds the key to some of the most promising processes for an energy-sustainable and carbon-neutral human future, such as the selective oxidation of methane to methanol and alkane metathesis to produce higher -alkanes as transportation fuels... 

Autocatalysis can cause sustained oscillations in batch systems. This idea originally met with skepticism. Some chemists believed that sustained oscillations would violate the second law of thermodynamics, but this is not true. Oscillating batch systems certainly exist, although they must have some external energy source or else the oscillations will eventually subside. An important example of an oscillating system is the circadian rhythm in animals. A simple model of a chemical oscillator, called the Lotka-Volterra reaction, has the assumed mechanism ... 

The rapid pace of development of our world over the last century has heen largely based on easy access to fossil fuels. These resources are, however, limited, while their demand is growing rapidly. It is also becoming clear that the scale of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions following the use of fossil fuels is threatening the climate of the Earth. This makes the development of sustainable production and energy solutions in industry, transportation, and households the most important scientific and technical challenge of our time. 

Table 1.3 contains values for two 3d cases. At KsCuFg, ATreplirreg) contributes about 40% of the total stabilization, but at Ni (aq) only 15%. This is because in the first transition series, the nephelauxetic effect increases substantially when the oxidation state increases from -i-2 to -e3. The relatively small contribution for the M (aq) ion explains why text books use this example to explain the double bowl shapes AErep(irreg) is almost exactly cancelled by the sum of AEso and ATrix, so the total stabilization is nearly equal to the orbital stabilization energy. In most other cases, A rep(irreg) is much more important and may play an important role in sustaining the Irving-WilUams rule in complex-ing reactions [32, 33]. 

A major problem with the new sustainable energy sources is their reliability. Inherently they will produce electricity as the wind blows and the sun shines. The need for power is not constant either, with peak demands during the day. Hence, ways are needed to store energy that enable release on demand. Synthetic fuels and methanol are candidates, but the most important will be hydrogen. It can be produced conveniently from water and electricity with a reasonably high efficiency of 70 %. Hydrogen is the ideal fuel for fuel cells. 

In evaluating options for obtaining the energy needed to sustain world economic progress in the coming years, it is important to consider the full spectrum of risks to the environment and to human health that each option may create or reduce. This is particularly important in evaluating nuclear power, where often attention has been disproportionately focussed on the presumed dangers. 

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