Energy Research Paper
Running Off the Beaten Path
Section I Old energy, that which comes from fossil fuels and other nonrenewable resources, is now outdated. The costs are becoming tremendous and despite their reliability in the past cannot be depended upon for consistency or reliability. Contemporarily, efficiency is most important; getting the most out of everything we use. Most official energy forecasts assume massive growth rates in energy demand (Anderson). Renewables won 't succeed unless we do efficiency first and in parallel (Anderson). Procuring new means of preserving energy has come a long way; new pathways are being explored, and new forms of containment and preservation are being researched. Green, renewable energy when adopted by businesses will lower operational costs, free up capital, please shareholders, and most of all promote private use. Lifetime savings after green energy have been phenomenal: $4 for every $1 spent in 2006, $60 million a year in avoided energy costs. Air quality benefits are just as dramatic. Carbon dioxide emissions were reduced by 181,000 tons in 2006, the equivalent of removing 31,200 cars from the road (Anderson). By conforming to green energy and upgrading existing technologies, costs of energy are paid for by excess energy. There are programs that allow for any unused energy already collected, i.e. Solar Panels, wind turbines, water mills, etc., to be sold back to the provider for cost coverage and sometimes profit. Since 2005, the energy consumption per dollar has been reduced by half. Making the change from non-renewable energies needs large up-front investments which will cloud the long-term benefits for most of the public residencies. For this reason, the complete change to renewable resources is becoming near but still has a long way to go until non-renewable resources have departed.
Section II The automobile is arguably the most important innovation and observably one of the most used inventions of all time. The inherent need for
Section I Old energy, that which comes from fossil fuels and other nonrenewable resources, is now outdated. The costs are becoming tremendous and despite their reliability in the past cannot be depended upon for consistency or reliability. Contemporarily, efficiency is most important; getting the most out of everything we use. Most official energy forecasts assume massive growth rates in energy demand (Anderson). Renewables won 't succeed unless we do efficiency first and in parallel (Anderson). Procuring new means of preserving energy has come a long way; new pathways are being explored, and new forms of containment and preservation are being researched. Green, renewable energy when adopted by businesses will lower operational costs, free up capital, please shareholders, and most of all promote private use. Lifetime savings after green energy have been phenomenal: $4 for every $1 spent in 2006, $60 million a year in avoided energy costs. Air quality benefits are just as dramatic. Carbon dioxide emissions were reduced by 181,000 tons in 2006, the equivalent of removing 31,200 cars from the road (Anderson). By conforming to green energy and upgrading existing technologies, costs of energy are paid for by excess energy. There are programs that allow for any unused energy already collected, i.e. Solar Panels, wind turbines, water mills, etc., to be sold back to the provider for cost coverage and sometimes profit. Since 2005, the energy consumption per dollar has been reduced by half. Making the change from non-renewable energies needs large up-front investments which will cloud the long-term benefits for most of the public residencies. For this reason, the complete change to renewable resources is becoming near but still has a long way to go until non-renewable resources have departed.
Section II The automobile is arguably the most important innovation and observably one of the most used inventions of all time. The inherent need for
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