Today it is impossible to imagine the World without the energy. The most known categories of what we call manufacturing of the energy depend on natural resources of the Earth and represent the transformation of the energy from one state to the other, not the production. The equipment that is used for transformation generally requires a lot of resources to be built and the raw material for these transforming systems is either mined or extracted and rarely harnessed.
Hydro, solar and wind power represent harnessed energy, while other sources need some kind of raw material to be able to transform or “produce” energy that we normally use - mostly electrical, mechanical and thermic. This is basic knowledge and the most of the poeple understand it.
There are sources that claim that the whole Planet consumes some 320 billion kWh a day with the tendency to triple in next 100 years. While we don’t know if this value is correct, it is certain that a consumption of energy is huge and that surely there is a tendency of growth in the future.
Small numbers, small problem - big numbers, big problem.
While there is coal, petroleum (oil), natural gas, oil shales, bitumens, tar sands and heavy oils wrongly called fossil fuels, other nuclear, there are also those called renewable, green or sustainable. In our opinion this is more of a marketing term and as already mentioned here, these should be called harnessed energy sources.
There is no perfect source of energy that at the same time is efficient and completely harmless for man and the environment. However, the availability of the energy gave us progress, prosperity and comfort.
Resources needed for the construction of equipment of so called renewable or green sources of energy mostly exceed the value of the energy that it returns and at the same time is not economical with long period of depreciation. Batteries, solar cells and wind towers represent the high challenge with regard to disposal and recycling after the end of life. However, during harnessing there is no direct pollution effect while the environment suffers with large surface areas covered with solar panels or high turbine towers.
Coal and petrochemical products result in pollution, sometimes very high levels of pollution, although the technology and uses have progressed a lot in the past years. On the other hand, the efficiency of these sources of energy is better, infrastructure is much wider and more economical.
Nuclear energy is effective, secure if operated correctly, has high efficiency, but the waste at the end of life is difficult to store and dangerous.
We believe that all energies shall be used in the best possible way at the same time with a goal to improve them during use and develop new technologies that are more efficient and freer of pollution and negative effects. Until that happens, we should use what we have in order to offer to the market efficient and economical sources of energy.
Efficiency and reasonable prices of energy can help in general development and further progress. High costs of energy can only result in deficient market which is the main force of further progress and general wealth in the way the society is organised today.
Let’s make the trade of energy profitable for suppliers, agents and buyers.