System Consequences of the Global Trade and Logistics Development

• Autorzy: Michał Łańcucki
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The fact that economic development proceeds at faster pace almost еѵегу year is a positive issue. Unfortunately, due to that fact our environment suffers. The main ąuestion remains: is there anything we can do to develop so fast and to protect our environment at the same time? Weil, there are some methods. According to materiał use and the risk of their depletion which were mentioned above, renewable resources play important role in that case. The prognosis so far is quite fine - in 1990 percentage share of renewable energy consumption in total finał energy consumption reached 16.6%; in turn in 2012 it accounted to 18.1% [Word Bank Website]. The value of this increased for 1.5% during 22 years. The main renewable resources are following: biomass energy, geothermal power and heat, hydropower, ocean energy, solar energy and wind power. In 2015 many investments in renewable energy took place. What is more, today's politics are in favour of renewable resources, for ехатріе, Denmark set the goal to гесеіѵе 100% of energy by using renewable resources by 2050. Mainly in 2015 China did the most investments in renewable energy. When it comes to kinds of renewable energy - China was the world leader of investments in hydropower capacity, solar PV capacity, wind power capacity and solar water heating capacity. On the other hand, United States were the leader of investments in biodiesel production and fuel ethanol production. Last but not least, in 2014 renewable energy share of global finał energy consumption was around 19%. Fossil fuel are still the most common resource of energy with nuclear power share of 2.5% [Renewables, 2016, p. 17-28]. To sum up, economic development takes place faster and faster. It makes that greater amount of people have higher level of live. Goods are produced by sophisticated machinery. Due to that products are being created at faster pace and do not need a lot of hard, humans work. Nevertheless, environment pollution is the negative conseąuence of such a fast economic development. Although, these days most of countries emphasise the role of renewable energy. During last 22 years the use of renewable energy increased only by 1.5%, likewise there is still a lot of to do. (original abstract)

Artykuł odnosi sie do problemów związanych z wykorzystaniem odnawialnych źródeł energii w kontekście dynamicznego rozwoju gospodarczego, w tym logistyki, oraz jego wpływu na wzrost zanieczyszczeń środowiska naturalnego.(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Renewable energy sources; Economic development; Logistics; Environmental pollution

PL

Odnawialne źródła energii; Rozwój gospodarczy; Logistyka; Zanieczyszczenie środowiska

• Czasopismo: Prace Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Bankowej w Gdańsku
• Rocznik: 2017
• Tom: 51 Wymiary logistyki : ujęcie systemowe
• Strony: 89--93

Twórcy

autor

Michał Łańcucki

• University of Gdańsk

Bibliografia

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