Alternative Energy

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Nobel Peace Prize win by Al Gore and the U.N. climate panel last week is seen as a major step forward to alternative energy technologies and research that are already into their best phase ever, experts said.

“It’s a quiet revolution,” said Sarah Emerson, the managing director of Boston-Based Energy Security Analysis Inc, which has advised clients about fossil fuels for decades. “Gore’s winning makes it a little louder.”

That goes without saying, media and media personalities make all the difference in public following, Al Gore’s attempt was a genuine cause and saw widespread support from the public and now with a Noble Prize Approval the entire cause is set to reap in the benefits.

“Gore has helped a whole lot of people see how critically important it is we address the climate crisis,” Ted Nordhaus, an adviser to environmental groups, said in an interview.

“Where we and he need to go next is to define an agenda that is focused on building the new energy economy, not just tearing down the old energy economy,” said Nordhaus, the co-author of “Break Through,” a book about how the world should fight global warming.

As per the U.S. Energy Information Administration only three percent of the entire electricity produced until July was produced from renewable sources. However, the good news is that the use of wind and solar energy sources is growing by 30 percent a year and the capacity in US to produce Ethanol has gone up by 26%.