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Green technologies

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'We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.'

Albert Einstein

We need to reduce our consumption of energy. We can do this through measures like energy saving, and reducing, reusing and recycling the goods we use. There are also ways in which new technologies can help reduce the impacts of global warming by minimising pollution, and reducing our collective and individual footprints. Here are just some of the established and emerging green technologies, some of which offer glimpses of a possible future.

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Energy

Wind, sun, rivers and seas around Scotland provide an unlimited and varied mix of clean and renewable energy resources, and there are a range of new technologies at various stages of development which can exploit these.

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Transport

News forms of energy can revolutionise transport systems of the future.

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Agriculture

Agriculture is a major source of greenhouse gases. Old and new technologies can help reduce our dependence on fossil fuels in agriculture.

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Architecture, planning and design

Technologies can offer new ways to plan and design our homes and buildings, and our towns and cities, to minimise our individual and collective carbon footprints.