Alternative Energy Sources in Resolving Environmental Problems and Providing Safety of Single-Industry Towns

Abstract

Abstract Environmental protection and reasonable use of natural resources stipulates for shaping consumer culture correcting the way of life of a modern society in compliance with the environmental requirements of modern life. It is necessary to introduce the measures efficiently regulating economic activity and orienting it towards environmentally correct forms. It is generally known that the key factor of the further civilization development is an efficient use of energy sources. In this connection, a reasonable way of developing national economy is the replacement of traditional “non-renewable” energy sources by alternative ones. The way of the economic development is the search for new ways of providing the national economy with a sufficient amount of energy with a corresponding reduction of the general volume of its use.