Energy system ill-prepared for impact of accelerated global warming

The intensity of the wild fires raging in California it’s just the latest example of climate change is deadly manifestations. Northern California utility Pacific Gas & Electric(PG&E) is under what is called “renewed scrutiny as possible culprit” in the campfire, which has devastated towns north of Sacramento raising serious questions about the fitness of the utilities equipment and it’s compliance with state safety laws. The bigger picture is that PG and E is not alone in being unprepared for the harmful effects of warming planet. Around the globe, many energy and fuel producers have been caught off guard this year by severe storms, high/low temperatures, and rapid changes to available water supplies. This issue leads to rising global temperatures which are having a serious impact such as coastal inundations which this may result in intensive heat and damage to Coral reefs, much earlier than proof previously expected. As a result, damage to fuel-distribution systems energy generation sites and the power grid are already occurring and will likely intensify in the coming years.

 

This article relates to environmental science because it demonstrates how coral reefs are not only harmed when human target them but they are also easily harmed by series of events. In other words this is an indictment what if coral reefs are in danger when we don’t target them we should try to do whatever is possible in our hands to try to protect them when they are accidentally harmed by natural events. I think this should gives us somewhat of a motivation to change our ways ad begin to care for them. Like coral reefs there are many other organisms that are accidentally and easily getting harmed not just when humans target them specifically but when a series of natural events like fires occur.https://www.axios.com/energy-system-ill-prepared-for-impact-of-accelerated-global-warming-8efbe610-2f51-42f3-ab98-1f2ed8286d3d.html

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