{"id":3500,"date":"2013-05-09T12:05:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T12:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishecoseminars.com\/russian\/?page_id=3500"},"modified":"2013-06-01T17:37:31","modified_gmt":"2013-06-01T17:37:31","slug":"clean-technology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishecoseminars.com\/russian\/clean-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clean technology<\/strong>\u00a0includes the wind power, solar power, biomass, hydropower, biofuels, electric vehicles and information technology sectors. It is a means to create electricity and fuels with a smaller environmental footprint. It includes the trend to making green buildings that are more energy efficient and environmentally benign. The whole sector is helpfully surveyed by\u00a0Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

Over the past two years, the area has gone through a huge boom as nearly everyone recognizes that climate change is a serious problem, and that transport, energy generation and heating technologies which produce far less carbon are going to be part of the solution.<\/p>\n

Jewish Climate Initiative<\/strong>\u00a0recognizes (like nearly everyone else) that human, technological ingenuity will provide a significant part of the solution to climate change. Unlike clean technology zealots we don’t think it will provide the whole solution.\u00a0Spiritual and behavioural change<\/a>\u00a0will be necessary too.<\/p>\n

Technology that could make a big difference already exists. Measures such as the following are technically possible, but require political will to be implemented.<\/p>\n

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  1. Massively improve the energy efficiency requirements for homes, commercial buildings and new construction.<\/li>\n
  2. Substantially reduce energy loss in power generation.<\/li>\n
  3. Develop and implement technology to capture the CO2 produced by coal power plants and store it underground.<\/li>\n
  4. Substantially increase the proportion of our power that comes from renewable sources, e.g. wind, waves and solar.<\/li>\n
  5. Double or triple the average fuel economy of our cars and trucks.<\/li>\n
  6. Introduce hybrid vehicle technology on a wide scale.<\/li>\n
  7. Invest in improving public transport systems.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Clean technology is a diverse and fast moving field; some useful resources for keeping up to date include:<\/p>\n

    Climate Progress<\/a>\u00a0is an excellent site on clean tech.
    \n    Clean Edge<\/a>\u00a0is a good resource on business developments in the clean tech field.
    \n    Seeking Alpha<\/a>\u00a0a stock market analysis site that’s particularly good on the clean tech sector.
    \n    Worldchanging<\/a>\u00a0is a visionary and highly influential site showcasing the «bright green» approach to environmental. Bright greens believe that smart design and path-breaking technology for our cities, communities, business and transport networks can turn around climate change while enabling us to live lives that are a lot more fun, cool and interesting. No commuting, no clutter, no waste…who wouldn’t want that?<\/p>\n

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    Clean Technology in Israel.<\/h3>\n

    Israel is a\u00a0world leader in clean technology<\/a>. Driven by natural resource constraints and a highly educated workforce, the country has pioneered major clean technologies in the water, solar power and geothermal fields and today has around 350 companies in the sector.<\/p>\n

    Some Israeli leaders in the field include:
    \n    Project Better Place<\/a>\u00a0is a revolutionary initiative to create a global network for electric cars.
    \n    Luz-Solel<\/a>, who developed the technology for the world’s largest solar power plant:
    \n    Netafim<\/a>, whose drip irrigation technology is in use across the developing world.
    \n    Ormat<\/a>, pioneers in geothermal energy.
    \n    Luz2<\/a>, the reborn company created by the original Luz team<\/p>\n

    Israel Clean Tech<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Terrvp<\/a>\u00a0are among the venture capital companies that have emerged to help fund the proliferation of clean tech startups in Israel.<\/p>\n

    Jewish Climate Initiative\u00a0believes that despite this success, there is far greater potential in the Israel Clean Technology sector for producing innovative solutions to climate change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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