Littleton, US — There's a consensus among some climate advocates that catastrophic global environmental damage can only be avoided by a rapid and comprehensive retooling of the world's energy system and tough caps on emissions for industry.
For all the good intentions, though, the great green energy revolution has had its share of growing pains, including some rather surprising unintended consequences that in some cases may have caused more environmental harm than good.One example of a surprising side effect of emissions-cutting policy has been the surge in northern hemisphere water temperatures since strict new pollution regulations came into effect three years ago.
The resulting sharp drop in sulphate particles in the atmosphere, however, caused a surge in solar radiation absorbed by the oceans along the world's busiest shipping routes, according to a study by climate researcher Leon Simons. “If this trend continues that could mean that the northern hemisphere mid latitudes will warm much more rapidly,” Simons said in a recent Twitter post.Another ironic side effect of the rush into renewable energy has been the build up in components that have reached the end of their useful life but are hard to recycle.
Some firms are developing blade recycling capabilities, such as Carbon Rivers, LM Wind Power and Veolia, but tend to steer clear of the earliest generation of wind blades, which were made from hard-to-process composite materials. In contrast, old electric vehicle batteries are in high demand by firms that produce new batteries, as many of the key ingredients contained in them can be processed and used again.
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