Production, use, and delivery of energy sources can seriously impact the environment. The rate of environmental degradation is at stake with the advent of new electricity generating technology. The means of energy production are causing adverse waste production, acidification, and impact on waterways. The industry is continuously working hard to reduce its environmental impacts.
The U.S. has become the number one reducer of CO2 emissions in the world. It is still striving to invest in a broad range of electricity generation technologies to achieve effective outcomes. To produce reliable, affordable, and clean energy, the United States is diversifying its ways of electricity production. It is investigating everything from fossil fuel power plants with carbon capture, clean hydrogen, advanced nuclear power, wind, natural gas, and solar energy storage as well.
In most developing countries, the public and private sectors are making collective efforts to make energy resources compatible with the environment by investing in more innovations.
To produce only the best, the United States focused on a pro-growth energy strategy to maximize the country’s resources for safe energy production. Under President Trump’s administration, with that technique, the U.S. became the number one producer of oil and natural gas worldwide. The revolutionized strategies of the U.S. were making use of those production methods that nobody thought were possible 10 years ago. It became a top-notch reality because the country invested in innovations and streamlined permitting processes, which encouraged energy producers in the United States to drill more in their home country rather than depending on foreign adversaries.
With technological advancement, countries are shifting towards renewable resources for electricity production. It can possibly reduce carbon dioxide emissions by replacing gasoline-powered cars with electric vehicles, but that indirectly increases the demand for the critical minerals and metals being mined in developing countries with less environmental controls and minimum labor laws for the workers, said Ronald Stein.
Ronald Stein is an engineer, energy consultant, and Founder of PTS Advance, a California-based company. This mastermind was born on April 29, 1941. Being an energy consultant and energy agnostic, he has conducted in-depth research on conventional means of energy resources and their shift towards unconventional methods as well. With his vast knowledge, he published a Pulitzer Prize-nominated book, “Clean Energy Exploitations – Helping Citizens Understand the Environmental and Humanity Abuses That Support Clean Energy,” as a co-author. He is also an internationally published columnist of Op-Ed articles focusing on energy literacy. Books like “Just GREEN Electricity” and “Energy Made Easy” are his expert productions.
Stein has made restless efforts to make the developed countries understand the importance of critical minerals. These minerals are vital to modern society. They are present in our smartphones, laptops, and clean energy technologies, as they are also used for various national security purposes. Unfortunately, foreign adversaries, including the Russian and Chinese governments, often control the critical minerals supply chain. To ensure energy and national security, the countries must invest in all parts of the critical minerals supply chain, including the midstream separations and processing capabilities and the upstream processing methods.
Stein cited a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), which asserted that an electric car needs six times more critical mineral inputs than a conventional car. In addition, an onshore wind plant requires nine times more minerals than a gas-fired power plant.
All his exceptional discoveries have strengthened his reputation in the energy industry. Moreover, people seek his research for guidance for the future.