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The Damage To Our Planet Is Irreversible: What Can You Do To Help?

<p style&equals;"background&colon; none repeat scroll 0&percnt; 0&percnt; white&semi;text-align&colon; justify">The threat of climate change is no longer up for debate&semi; the effects of CO2 emissions are quite possibly one of the greatest threats of the 21st century&period; And though we might not be able to reverse much of the damage&comma; we can progress toward a cleaner future by changing how we heat our homes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"background&colon; none repeat scroll 0&percnt; 0&percnt; white&semi;text-align&colon; justify">Recent reports have determined that at least 35 per cent of total emissions are a direct result of fossil fuels consumed for the use of heating homes&period; This presents a critical opportunity&colon; investigating and changing the ways that we heat our homes can be the first step toward a greener world&period; Fortunately&comma; the technology is readily available&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"background&colon; none repeat scroll 0&percnt; 0&percnt; white&semi;text-align&colon; justify">By making the change from oil&comma; electric and gas to a more renewable energy solution for heat&comma; we can start making an impact on the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere&period; There exist a variety of options in doing this&comma; such as biomass boilers and air-source heat pumps&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"background&colon; none repeat scroll 0&percnt; 0&percnt; white&semi;text-align&colon; justify"><strong>Biomass<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"background&colon; none repeat scroll 0&percnt; 0&percnt; white&semi;text-align&colon; justify">The objective in biomass is to utilise organically grown materials to burn and produce heat&period; This can help to cut down on overall CO2 emissions if the source of these materials&comma; usually trees&comma; is replaced in time to generate a sustainable cycle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"background&colon; none repeat scroll 0&percnt; 0&percnt; white&semi;text-align&colon; justify">While they may not be particularly suitable for small properties&comma; biomass boilers have proven effective in larger structures—especially if they’re off-grid&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">With biomass boilers&comma; homes and large&comma; off-grid structures have an effective solution for providing heat based on renewable sources&period; If properly balanced by replanting trees and other organic sources of material&comma; this can exist as a positive and clean cycle of energy production&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"background&colon; none repeat scroll 0&percnt; 0&percnt; white&semi;text-align&colon; justify">A greater adoption of biomass could see entire power plants working in harmony with the natural sources they harvest material from&semi; this would provide heat for many homes at once&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"background&colon; none repeat scroll 0&percnt; 0&percnt; white&semi;text-align&colon; justify"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-204" alt&equals;"The Damage To Our Planet Is Irreversible What Can You Do To Help" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;incrediblemag&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;The-Damage-To-Our-Planet-Is-Irreversible-What-Can-You-Do-To-Help1&period;jpg" width&equals;"580" height&equals;"350" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"background&colon; none repeat scroll 0&percnt; 0&percnt; white&semi;text-align&colon; justify"><strong>Air-Source Heat Pumps<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">Another effective practice in helping to reduce the harm done to the planet through heating is to utilise air-source heat pumps in the home&period; By operating predominantly on ambient air from the environment&comma; these devices are extremely sustainable and make excellent use of clean energy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">For the amount of electricity used to power them&comma; <strong>the output of heat is more than twice the amount of those found in electric and oil heaters&period;<&sol;strong> They’re exceedingly efficient&comma; and their main function produces zero emissions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">Ground- and air-sourced heat pumps also offer excellent forms of clean&comma; renewable energy as they obtain air from a source that’s continually being renewed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">These methods require miniscule amounts of electricity to operate&semi; the bulk of their operation is from clean&comma; renewable sources&period; They also work to cut costs for consumers and stimulate an economy for alternative forms of energy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify"><strong>Generating Heat Ourselves<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">The perspective of all of this can be seen as progress toward a goal of generating heat for homes on our own in a clean and renewable way—aiming to reduce emissions while also saving money&period; And&comma; given the role that heating plays in overall CO2 emissions&comma; it’s the best place to start&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">By adopting already existing options&comma; such as biomass and air-source heat pumps&comma; in greater numbers&comma; we can also create a greater demand for clean&comma; alternative forms of power—incentivising Government policy and the private sector at the same time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">These are solutions to the challenge of climate change that are quite different from the norm&comma; as the popular opinion of combating climate change is typically one centred on solar and wind power&period; The truth of the matter is that heat not only represents one of the largest contributors to climate change&comma; but it’s one that people can take advantage of directly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">Gabriella Johnson is the Marketing Executive for Innasol which is based in Essex and offers a range of renewable energy systems in order to create an eco-friendly Britain<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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