Environment and Energy.

In today's world people to achieve the necessary degree of comfort to him, spends more and more energy. We can not imagine my life without refrigerators, electric heaters (kettles, microwave ovens), dishwashers and washing machines, computers, and in the summer - without air conditioning. Now, instead of Power is a seasonal peak energy consumption, as it did 20 years ago - two: winter and summer. And, in conversations at the state level on the transition to energy-saving technologies in the home there is little change. None of us are not ready to abandon the now familiar things, which really must be confessed, make our lives easier, safer and more comfortable.However, due to the fact that technology is constantly evolving, manufacturers of energy-consuming products offer new and enhanced instruments, the number of people enjoying the benefits of civilization, has been steadily growing. As energy consumption increases and, above all, energy.Recent developments in Japan's nuclear power has once again made the world think about the safest ways to generate electricity. Thus, in Bavaria, where about 60% of the electricity produced at nuclear power plants, it was decided to gradually phase-out of electricity produced at nuclear power plants, so that by 2020 fully switch to alternative sources.Therefore, energy, especially engineers and designers say something like this: We do our best to ensure that our plants were the most environmentally friendly. We do so in accordance with the current development of science and technology in this field. But the needs of humanity's energy is growing faster than the development of environmentally sound technologies generate electricity.It is clear that the production of energy through the power of wind, sunlight and heat the earth more environmentally friendly than the energy produced from thermal and nuclear power plants. However, it is more expensive, but at the same time, the less stable. If we consider the same Bavaria, there is hard to find places with a strong constant winds, such as in Holland, sunny days a year, far less than in Cyprus, and on the surface does not leave any geothermal sources. Thus, in parallel with the transition to alternative energy, humanity must find ways to meet their needs through energy efficiency. Thus, simple replacement of fluorescent lighting to LED saves 50 to 90% of the electricity consumed for lighting. Plus go full cost of disposal of mercury-containing fluorescent lamps. But high-quality LED lighting is now so expensive that at the current price for electricity the payback period in Russia amounts to about two years.Of course, replacing a light bulb, ordinary citizens do not save much. But the competent government policy, including in the formation of economic incentive for implementing energy-saving technologies at home and at work will reduce the demand for electricity in our society and, therefore, move at least a step towards a cleaner environment.