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In Switzerland the following primary energy carriers are commercially used:
Since the industriellen revolution in the next to last century the energy plays one always more important role in economic and social the industrialization was coal of greatest importance. Meaning meaning wood decreased strongly.
During the First World War the coal became limited. It become at that time native coal diminished, whose occurrence was however modest. It was similar imzweiten world war. In the two wars in each case entire Energieverbrauch.Die native source of energy sank such as water and wood won however more at Bedeutung.In of intermediate wartime arose the oil use, which decreased/went back in the second world war because of impossible import nearly the zero point. Shortbefore the Second World War the coal reached the high point of its consumption career, afterwards it was never more equally used.
After the Second World War oil consumption experienced exampleless Aufschwung.Damit rose also the entire energy consumption enormously. This can rising general prosperity be explained to along that and with the people increase. Starting from 1969 the nuclear energy was commercially used. That was - at least at short notice - a solution for the problem of the constantly rising power requirement. One wanted originally also chars and oil-mixes power stations to build. These ideas pushed however from costing and environmentalreason on violent resistance.
In the 70's the oil became the absolutely dominating source of energy. Oil consumption since that time-took easily off, but the portion to total energy-consumption-sank strongly, particularly as the nuclear fuels arose.
At the same time about one began to use also natural gas. Until anhin had one already gases as source of energy used, like town gas. These gases were however-secondary sources of energy, because they were made of coal, oil or wood.
1973 and 1979 came two oil crises. The oil became more expensive. From this resulted in-more efficient employment of energy, which until today has a lasting effect.
During the oil crises one noticed that one had become strongly dependent on the oil. Therefore from then on the trend began for the use of alternative energies. To also the energy from the waste incineration was used. Today one sets for before all on renewable energies and energy saving. At present one uses renewable energies such as solar power, wind energy or biomass, their portion of the total consumption is small of course, because their efficiency still too are or there are no sufficient energy sources (too little wind and sun exposure).
One is certain: The fossil sources of energy go, just like uranium as nuclear fuel, sometime to the slope.
One hears already of hydrogen as source of energy of the future. The energy, which one with hydrogen and oxygen in gas cells can produce, possesses large advantages in the efficiency and the environmental compatibility. The problem still is with the production of hydrogen.
Sunning, wind, bio and garbage energy become in the future surely one important-roll play. In Switzerland they do not have however the Potenzial, which whole Energieverbrauchzu covers.
Methane hydrate could become "the new oil ", if one could it efficiently.
The Geothermie could attain a meaning, if one considers that 99% of the globe are warmer than 1000"°! The large warmth occurs however only in a few kilometer depth, to which deep drillings would be necessary. The terrestrial heat is today already used in thermal baths. At present the Geothermie research project "Swiss runs deep heat mining project" in Switzerland.
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