Challenges to Fossil Fuels For the Future

Donald Erskine speaks to 29-year-old Angus Erskine from Uplawmoor, Scotland and 24-year-old Caitlin Johnson from San Franciso, California about renewable energy for the ‘100 Voices: Home and Away’ project.

Farms are making the change to renewable energy. Photo by Karsten Würth (➡️ @karsten.wuerth) on Unsplash

Home – Angus Erskine – Uplawmoor, Scotland

Angus Erskine is a 29-year-old who lives on a farm in the west of Scotland. His family have made multiple renewable energy investments on the farm including a biomass boiler and solar panels.

Angus said: “I think solar power will be the future for now; solar panels are the most affordable, efficient and easily installed of the current options. This is only getting better with further improvements, and speaking from personal experience they are also the easiest to maintain. I do think that hydrogen has a big future and once developed it will be a big player in global clean energy.”

Away – Caitlin Johnston – San Francisco, California

Caitlin Johnston is a 24-year-old currently living and working as a youth performance coach near San Francisco, California.

Caitlin said: “The future of energy should look to be clean sources only. If we can steer away from fossil fuels then there will be an improvement in human health, and a reduction in the severity of natural disasters due to climate change.

“In the USA, they use 8% more fossil fuel energy than the UK. A big issue here is that everyone drives everywhere. They also have many nuclear plants here that you will see frequently while driving which are constantly producing more harmful fuels and toxins into the air.”