• Question: how are we going to save energy in the future

    Asked by dantheman to Daniel, Jon, Louise, Sharon, Zoe on 22 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Zoe Duck answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      I would like to think that all our energy will come from renewable sources so saving energy wont be such a problem.

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      Louise Dash answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Hi Dan

      This is a really important question. We can save energy in two ways, by using less, and by using what we do need more efficiently. Everyone can help with this by recycling and turning electrical equipment off when it’s not in use. Our governments need to do more to force industry to be more efficient too.

      Hopefully my work will have an impact here too, one day in the future! We are working to make electrical devices from single molecules, which will both use less materials to produce and use less energy to run. It will be a while before you see them in computers or your mobile phone, but in a few decades they may be everywhere!

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      Sharon Sneddon answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Well I think that we all need to work out ways to reduce our energy use now, to conserve it for the future, by making sure we switch things off, and use energy saving bulbs. We also need to focus on creating renewable energy sources and I know lots of scientists are working on this. Everyone needs to do their part tho, even small savings will make a difference. The university that I work in are committed to reducing our energy use by 40% by the year 2015, which is a good start!

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      Jon Copley answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      I hope we’ll save energy by (1) not using it when we don’t really need to – such as switching things off properly when we’re not using them and (2) designing and making much more efficient devices, so they use less energy to do the same job. Like energy-efficient light bulbs, which produce just as much light as an older light bulb, but use much less energy to do it.

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