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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailCutting energy waste is key to the transition, environmentalist saysExplorer and environmentalist Bertrand Piccard says that trying to replace fossil fuels with renewables without reducing energy consumption and waste is "hopeless."
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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailIt's important to see the positives in China's solar panel influx, environmentalist saysExplorer and environmentalist Bertrand Piccard said it is important to consider the benefits of the current oversupply of solar panels from China.
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Daniel Bosma | Moment | Getty ImagesExplorer and environmentalist Bertrand Piccard has called for a renewed focus on cutting energy waste, saying it's "hopeless" to shift to renewables without improving efficiency. "So if we try to replace fossil [fuel] energy with renewables without being efficient, without reducing the consumption, it's hopeless," he said. Another issue Piccard highlighted was that some countries only consider wind and solar as alternative renewable energy sources. Geothermal energy accounted for just 2.7% of renewable energy consumption, while wind power was 13.2% and solar energy was 7.2%. 'Paradox' of China's solar panel oversupplyPiccard also discussed the ongoing concerns about the potential oversupply of solar panels from China to the European market.
Persons: Daniel Bosma, Bertrand Piccard, Piccard, CNBC's Silvia Amaro, bioenergy, Janet Yellen Organizations: CNBC, Solar Impulse, European Commission, Treasury Locations: Netherlands, Europe, China, U.S
To my son, born in the climate crisis: I see signs of hope
  + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Bill Weir | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +11 min
The first looked at the twin crises of Covid and climate change as River was born; the second introduced him to Earth Day and what he could do. Watch Weir investigate “How to Unscrew a Planet,” on CNN’s “The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper,” Sunday at 8 p.m. Energy from clean sources, like this windmill in Texas, is heating and cooling more homes in America than ever before. “We call it climate intervention,” Kelly Wanser told me as we sat under bluebird skies and the Washington Monument. So far, it feels like your future will be marked in new stories to frame our wants and needs, and new tools to build Life As We Know It Could Be.
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