Mobility as a Challenge of ’Energiewende’: Concepts from Chemistry

Authors

Prof. Dr. R. Schlögl, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (FHI), Berlin; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (CEC), Mülheim a. d. Ruhr

Year

2013

Print Info

Fortschritt-Berichte VDI, Reihe 12, Nr. 764

Summary

Individual mobility is a fundamental achievement of our civilization. Given today´s technology, the new approach calls for sources of energy that are characterized by high energy densities, ready availability, safe handling and sustainable supply. Fossil hydrocarbons and their substitutes derived from renewable raw materials fail to meet at least the last requirement on the scale expected to be needed for consumption. As new fossil carbon deposits are constantly being discovered, the need for changing over to alternative energy sources in order to ensure mobility is not perceived as a truly urgent problem. The situation is further aggravated by a multitude of regulatory interventions aimed at controlling energy prices and frequently overlapping with the concept that for many reasons it would be necessary to combine mobility with sustainability.

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