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Moving to Renewables Will Mean Using Less Energy Overall
Most of the energy from burning fossil fuels is wasted, which is not the case with solar and wind power. Electric cars and heat pumps increase energy efficiency even more.
Neptune Robotics' hull cleaning robot increases the fuel efficiency of ships.
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People don’t want coal, oil or gas. Rather they want the products and services that the energy provides — home heating, public transport or sheets of steel. The distinction is important as we move away from fossil fuels and toward clean energy, because it will mean the world could be consuming less energy in total without losing out the benefits it currently enjoys.