Science Squabbling

Can we get the energy we need without the emissions we don't want?

If anyone is interested in submitting a question or following the discussion.

Every aspect of modern life, be it education, healthcare, agriculture or manufacturing, requires energy. But in the UK and the rest of the world, generating the energy we need causes emissions we don’t want. What are the technologies and innovations that could give us more cheap energy while reducing the amount of greenhouse gases produced?

How much of the world could get its energy needs reliably from solar panels? Will the next generation of nuclear power plant mean we can use up all the nuclear waste in Sellafield? And it’s hard to know whether carbon capture will mean fossil fuels will be less of a problem or if we’ll be able to effectively store energy to use when we need it most.

This is why we have set up a Q&A for Monday 22nd December, to start asking people working on these technologies - or calculating their effects - what their real significance is.

If you want to ask a question then contact us via Twitter, @senseaboutsci using #energypanel, or email us at energy@senseaboutscience.org.

See more at: http://www.senseaboutscience.org/pages/can-we-get-the-energy-we-need-without-the-emissions-we-dont-want.html#sthash.0KH52Prl.dpuf

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