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via Wikimedia Commons We use lots of energy. And, as world
population grows and countries develop, we're going to be using
a lot more. Most of our energy comes from fossil fuels—materials
in limited supply that will take millions of years to replenish.
And when we burn fossil fuels to extract their energy, they
produce pollutants and greenhouse gases. Even nuclear power
relies on non-renewable fuels, and its byproducts must be stored
for thousands of years until they are no longer dangerously
radioactive. IonE's Initiative for Renewable Energy and the
Environment focuses on finding sustainable energy sources that
will help us meet the new demand of the 21st century.
Sustainable energy needs to come from resources that are
renewable (i.e. they won’t become depleted in the near future)
and must be less damaging to the environment than current power
sources. In addition to new technologies and strategies for
solar and wind power, IonE and IREE are