{"id":7990,"date":"2019-04-23T09:20:13","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T13:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=7990"},"modified":"2019-04-23T16:58:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T20:58:51","slug":"where-will-we-get-energy-and-how-will-we-store-it-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/04\/23\/where-will-we-get-energy-and-how-will-we-store-it-in-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Where will we get energy and how will we store it in the future?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"318\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/aw042319-1.jpg\" alt=\"Where will we get energy and how will we store it in the future?\" class=\"wp-image-7985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/aw042319-1.jpg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/aw042319-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/aw042319-1-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/aw042319-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Where will we get energy and how will we store it in the future?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, in spite of my information expertise, I&#8217;m probably no better at predicting than the next wall. However, it&#8217;s a fair bet the energy mix will include less fossil fuels, and more sources that don&#8217;t add carbon to the atmosphere, such as wind, solar, hydro, and nuclear. If some European and Asian cities are a bellwether, human power (walking and cycling) may also play a part. Battery technology is improving and getting cheaper, so storage may become more decentralized. Centralized storage might use gravity: pump water uphill during the day that can flow downhill &amp; power generators at night. For a more detailed answer, I recommend <em>The Physics of Energy<\/em>, by Robert L. Jaffe &amp; Washington Taylor IV, O&#8217;Neill Library QC28 .J34 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sadly, in spite of my information expertise, I&#8217;m probably no better at predicting than the next wall. However, it&#8217;s a fair bet the energy mix will include less fossil fuels, and more sources that don&#8217;t add carbon to the atmosphere, such as wind, solar, hydro, and nuclear. If some European and Asian cities are a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/04\/23\/where-will-we-get-energy-and-how-will-we-store-it-in-the-future\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Where will we get energy and how will we store it in the future?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[276],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-7990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","tag-renewable-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7990"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8010,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7990\/revisions\/8010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}