Inter Press Service: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has set a target of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases such as CO2. One way countries can meet their obligations is to switch energy production from the burning of fossil fuels to "renewables", generally understood to include wind, wave, tidal, hydro, solar and geothermal power and biomass.
They have a dual advantage: first, they do not create by-products responsible for global warming and climate change; and secondly, they are non-consumptive,...