reducing climate change

• reducing carbon emissions

  • limit burning of fossil fuels
  • burns biofuels instead
  • use renewable energy sources
• biofuels

  • recently living plant biomass
  • release C02 when burnt
• advantages of biofuels

  • cheaper than oil
  • carbon neutral-release carbon which was recently removed from atmosphere when plant was alive
  • renewable resource- regrown quickly
• disadvantages of biofuels

  • amount of land used to grow plants could be used for food production
  • creating land for biofuel growth involves loss of habitats- decreasing biodiversity
  • cutting down mature trees to create land for biofuel growth, decreases removal of C02 via photosynthesis
• renewable energy sources

  • no C02 released

  geothermal- only used when volcanic activity close to earths surface

  solar- depends on sunshine hours

  wind-wind speeds and visual impacts of wind turbines

  tidal-only generated near coast