Development of Renewable Energies
and Its Consequences on the Ecological
Footprint
B. Senthil Rathi and P. Senthil Kumar
Abstract Fossil fuels focused on gas, oil, and coal are very useful for developing
the national economy, however on the other side, a few of the negative environmental
effects of these commodities have led us to use such commodities under some limits
and to switch our attention toward renewable resources. In the near future, green
energies will be an essential form of energy production, so we could utilize such
sources repeatedly to generate usable energy. Statistical evidence helps in the long
term, green energies and real production have a bad influence on the ecological footprint, whereas economic success and globalization have a beneficial impact on the
ecological footprint. Short-term findings show that green energies, financial growth,
real production, and globalization are positively related to the environmental footprint. This chapter summarizes the renewable energy types, importance of renewable
energy, ecological footprint, and the relationship between the renewable energy and
the ecological footprint. Furthermore, it has also concluded that rising renewable
energy use decreases the environmental footprint and rising non-renewable resource
use enhances ecological damage.
Keywords Fossil fuels · Ecological footprint · Environment · Renewable energy ·
Green energy
1 Introduction
Today, use of fossil energy is growing rapidly, together with changes in life quality,
industrial development of developed nations, and a growth in the global population.
These have traditionally been known that this unsustainable use of fossil fuels not
only contributes to a rise in the rate of depletion in fossil fuel stocks, but also has a
B. Senthil Rathi
Department of Chemical Engineering, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai 600119, India
P. Senthil Kumar (B)
Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering,
Chennai 603110, India
e-mail: senthilchem8582@gmail.com; senthilkumarp@ssn.edu.in
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
S. S. Muthu (ed.), Assessment of Ecological Footprints,
Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0096-8_4
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and Its Consequences on the Ecological
Footprint
B. Senthil Rathi and P. Senthil Kumar
Abstract Fossil fuels focused on gas, oil, and coal are very useful for developing
the national economy, however on the other side, a few of the negative environmental
effects of these commodities have led us to use such commodities under some limits
and to switch our attention toward renewable resources. In the near future, green
energies will be an essential form of energy production, so we could utilize such
sources repeatedly to generate usable energy. Statistical evidence helps in the long
term, green energies and real production have a bad influence on the ecological footprint, whereas economic success and globalization have a beneficial impact on the
ecological footprint. Short-term findings show that green energies, financial growth,
real production, and globalization are positively related to the environmental footprint. This chapter summarizes the renewable energy types, importance of renewable
energy, ecological footprint, and the relationship between the renewable energy and
the ecological footprint. Furthermore, it has also concluded that rising renewable
energy use decreases the environmental footprint and rising non-renewable resource
use enhances ecological damage.
Keywords Fossil fuels · Ecological footprint · Environment · Renewable energy ·
Green energy
1 Introduction
Today, use of fossil energy is growing rapidly, together with changes in life quality,
industrial development of developed nations, and a growth in the global population.
These have traditionally been known that this unsustainable use of fossil fuels not
only contributes to a rise in the rate of depletion in fossil fuel stocks, but also has a
B. Senthil Rathi
Department of Chemical Engineering, St. Joseph’s College of Engineering, Chennai 600119, India
P. Senthil Kumar (B)
Department of Chemical Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering,
Chennai 603110, India
e-mail: senthilchem8582@gmail.com; senthilkumarp@ssn.edu.in
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
S. S. Muthu (ed.), Assessment of Ecological Footprints,
Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0096-8_4
95