{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-c03aa079.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-517835be.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='Doubts are raised about renewable energy' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c44fd8eafeecae167ce8' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c44fd8eafeecae167ce8' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nDoubts are raised about renewable energy\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eLisbon, Portugal  - June 27-28 2007 1. Various of wind farm outside LisbonSerpa (Southern Alentejo), Portugal - June 29, 2007 2. Various shots of solar farm near Serpa New York, United States - July 31, 20073. Mid shot of Jesse Ausubel...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLisbon, Portugal  - June 27-28 2007 \u003cbr/\u003e1. Various of wind farm outside Lisbon\u003cbr/\u003eSerpa (Southern Alentejo), Portugal - June 29, 2007 \u003cbr/\u003e2. Various shots of solar farm near Serpa \u003cbr/\u003eNew York, United States - July 31, 2007\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid shot of Jesse Ausubel walking to his desk\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jesse Ausubel, director of the Programme for the Human Environment Rockefeller University\u003cbr/\u003e\"These are boutique energy sources in my view. On a small scale they're quite attractive, they add some variety and they can even be picturesque but when you multiply them by hundreds and thousands and try to provide electricity, energy for the 6.6 billion people now on earth--potentially more people in the future, potentially people using even more energy and electricity as living standards rise in parts of the world that are not yet industrialised, the effect is a very big footprint in nature.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBarcelona, Spain - recent\u003cbr/\u003e5. Various of electricity cables\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of train\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of power station\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of city scape and solar panels\u003cbr/\u003e9. Various of solar panels\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, United States - July 31, 2007\u003cbr/\u003e10. SOUNDBITE:  (English) Jesse Ausubel, director of the Program for the Human Environment, Rockefeller University\u003cbr/\u003e\"I would guess the biofuels, some of the biofuels will go first. The biofuels depend on annual subsidies, you have to plant crops every year. And I think as some of the forms of biofuel prove problematic it will be relatively easy to make decisions on a year to year basis. The windmills are built to last perhaps 10 to 20 years and once they're turning they may be left to turn until a gear box fails or something else goes wrong.\"\u003cbr/\u003ePuebla, Mexico - 18 July 2007\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide of petrol station \u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid of woman filling petrol tank\u003cbr/\u003e13. Close of woman filling tank\u003cbr/\u003e14. Various of worker in field\u003cbr/\u003eCampos, Brazil - May 2007\u003cbr/\u003e15. Various of sugar cane field\u003cbr/\u003e16. Tilt up of sugar cane\u003cbr/\u003e17. Various of workers cutting sugar cane\u003cbr/\u003eLondon, United Kingdom  - 14 August 2007\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Nick Rau, Energy Campaigner, Friends of the Earth\u003cbr/\u003e\"We've been looking at the near to mid term. We absolutely see a role for renewables meeting a substantial amount of our energy needs in the near to mid term, alongside conventional fuels. In the longer term the possibilities are endless, you know as I say, we have huge resources around our coasts, in our seas. Tidal, marine resources, wind resources and solar resources. Just look at the solar resource in North Africa, where 0.3 per cent of North African deserts could supply the electricity demand for the whole of Europe. You know, start tapping into those resources, and you know start tapping into them with some sort of vision and you're there. You can meet future energy needs in an environmentally friendly way.\"\u003cbr/\u003eLisbon, Portugal  - June 27-28 2007 \u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of building with solar panels\u003cbr/\u003eRubio, Spain - recent\u003cbr/\u003e20. Various of wind farms on top of hills\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close of windmill\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close of electricity pylon\u003cbr/\u003e23. Wide of windmill and electricity pylons\u003cbr/\u003eClimate change has become a major global concern over the past year. \u003cbr/\u003eIn May 2007 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its fourth report, warning that global warming would increase. \u003cbr/\u003eThe Geneva-based agency, the World Meteorological Organisation, said in April that temperatures around the world rose 2.46 degrees Fahrenheit above the average since 1880. \u003cbr/\u003eThe concerns about climate change have led to increased interest in renewable energy which reduces the amount of carbon emitted into the atmosphere. \u003cbr/\u003eCarbon emissions are believed to play a major role in global warming. \u003cbr/\u003eHowever a recent report from the United States warns that renewable energy may not solve the world's fuel crisis. \u003cbr/\u003eWindmills in rural Portugal spin in the strong Atlantic gusts. \u003cbr/\u003eEvidence of the world's growing interest in renewable energy is the international campaign to reduce carbon emissions. \u003cbr/\u003eThe European Union is hoping for a 20% reduction in emissions by 2020, a binding target of 20% for renewable in 2020, and a 20% reduction of energy consumption in 2020.\u003cbr/\u003eHowever, a leading scientist in the United States says that renewable energy sources are just a passing fad and not a concrete answer to the world's growing energy needs.\u003cbr/\u003eJesse Ausubel is the  director of the Programme for the Human Environment Rockefeller University. \u003cbr/\u003eHis report published in the Journal of Nuclear Governance, Economy and Ecology has cast doubt on the use of renewable energy sources.\u003cbr/\u003eAusubel says these are small scale energy sources are not likely to be able to provide for the energy needs for all the people on our planet.\u003cbr/\u003eThe city of Barcelona in Eastern Spain is turning to solar panels to meet some of the region's energy needs.\u003cbr/\u003eOn the other side of the Atlantic  U.S. President George W. Bush wants to promote ethanol production in the Americas for biofuel. \u003cbr/\u003eIn recent years that has led to an increase in corn production in Mexico and sugar cane in Brazil. \u003cbr/\u003eBiofuels, which are made from corn, palm oil, sugar cane and other agricultural products, are viewed by many as a cleaner and cheaper way to meet the world's soaring energy needs than greenhouse-gas emitting fossil fuels\u003cbr/\u003eIn Brazil, annual ethanol production is projected to double by 2016 from today.\u003cbr/\u003eAlready Brazil is a world leader in alcohol fuel, and expects to produce a record 5.34 billion gallons of ethanol in the current sugarcane season, up 13.5 percent from 2005 - 2006 season, according to recent figures from the Agriculture Ministry. \u003cbr/\u003eAusubel says biofuels are also not the answer as they have to be planted every year and depend heavily on government subsidies.\u003cbr/\u003eHis report says that measuring the benefits of renewables in watts 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