A Future of Decentralised Energy? An Investigation into the Impact of Battery Storage Technology

Abstract

In the second half of the 20th century scientists became increasingly aware of the effects that gases such as carbon dioxide and methane were having on the planet’s environment. Initially, concerns about the warming effects of gasses were countered by suggestions that human activity could have cooling effects on the environment through the use of aerosols. However, by the 1970’s scientific consensus had veered towards warming rather than cooling. In 1975, Wallace Broecker published a paper titled, Climate Change: Are we on the Brink of a Pronounced Global Warming? This paper is often credited with coining the term ‘global warming.’