Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. (2019, November 6). Solar and wind energy preserve groundwater for drought, agriculture: California’s switch to solar, wind energy reduced reliance on hydropower, natural gas. ScienceDaily. Retrieved March 8, 2020 from
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191106083624.htm
A new study is among the first to show that solar and wind energy, that are usually used for air pollution mitigation and carbon emission reduction, is also an aid in groundwater sustainability. Researchers used California as a case study. Researchers have been trying to find a way to use these kinds of energy to now improve groundwater sustainability, and maximize the agricultural income.
The researchers have found that using solar and wind energy, and adding regulations to groundwater can increase the overall benefit. The issue with groundwater becomes even more severe in California as there are periods of long-lasting droughts. I found this article interesting because it showed many benefits for using these alternative energy sources that were previously known to provide the main benefit of cleaning up the air. I feel like this article could improve by adding more information on how they would like to follow through with the plan on creating regulation on the scarce groundwater in California.
This is very interesting. What else would switching to wind and solar help?
Not very sure about your question, but it would overall help decrease the use fossil fuels.
Wow this is interesting. Air pollution mitigation is really important especially in places like China where an extreme amount of fossil fuels are burned. As for the groundwater aspect I think that it shows that alternative energy sources have a greater effect than we know and we are constantly learning about their benefits on the environment giving us even more reason to switch to using them. Which alternative energy source do you think is most beneficial?
I think nuclear energy is the best alternative energy source.