Since the early 1970’s, several former Presidents and even our current President (Barack Obama), have made promises that we (The United States) would ultimately become an “Energy Independent” country. However, those promises have yet to be fulfilled thus far. In “The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence”, Robert Bryce intensely explains that our country’s energy independence has yet to occur because it is basically impossible. Furthermore, to halt trade with countries who have provided the United States with vital resources for countless years, in reality, would have an extremely negative impact on our country.…
Evaluate and compare the advantages and disadvantages of different renewable and nonrenewable energy resources including cost, environmental effects, and availability.…
There has been debating among people in the United States on how the best energy supply. Some people suggests that the United States should in fact decrease its dependency on oil and begin to invest in an alternative energy source like renewable energy, such as wind and solar power – Go green. Others have contended saying that converting over to a new power source would not only be expensive but it is unnecessary because the United Sates already has a sustainable energy source, we just have to search for the resources in unexplored areas within the country and Alaska and the Gulf Coast. Personally, I side with the individuals that agree that the United States invest in an alternative energy source. Renewable energy is already being practiced in some areas of the United States and it has been proven to be more cost effective and healthier for the environment.…
What habits and perceptual blocks that hinder your thinking did you have to overcome with this topic?…
You have been hired as a city planner to help develop a new energy plan for an existing metropolitan area. You have been asked to consider all energy options and determine the best way to spend the initial budget. You can choose more than one option to address the city’s energy needs. Be careful to remember this system will need to support the city as the population grows.…
Some key habits are hindering my thinking when looking at the opposing view and defending my own are the mine-is-better habit, face saving, resistance to change, conformity, stereotyping, and self-deception can become deeply ingrained and therefore difficult to overcome. Nevertheless, they can all be overcome with desire and effort. The key to overcoming the bad habits we have been discussing is to examine my first impressions of problems and issues, particularly strong ones prompting me to take a stand immediately without examining the evidence or weighing competing arguments. By closely examining such impressions, I will often be able to determine that a particular bad habit resistance to change, for example,…
Continued apathy and negligence of of the environment is just not viable any longer. The only fossil fuel that is capable of lasting into the next century has the most concentrated, detrimental, and long term effects on the environment. Oil has some of the most horrific and immediate effects on wildlife when mishandled. Oil spills, while on the decline, produce abhorrent conditions that harm not just the wildlife present, but that ecosystem as a whole. Additionally, oil is the biggest player when it comes to fuel in the transportation sector, which is notorious for the greenhouse gas emission that arise from it. If those were not reason enough to make significant strides away from oil, oil is not projected to even make it into the second half of the century. Given this, and that we have the resources to pursue renewable energy, it is simply impractical to continue to maintain oil as a primary fuel source. Natural gas seems to me to be equally dangerous despite having the lowest emissions of the three because it is deceptively harmful. On the surface it burns clean but often methane gas leaks in transportation and even the enormous pool of issues that fracking leads to are too frequently overlooked. Again, irrespective of these, natural gas must be abandoned soon or we will exhaust natural gas reserves before oil is totally depleted. The solution to the fossil fuel problem lies in renewable and green energy. Solar energy is still young but it has enormous potential. Wind energy works very well but it can be a nuisance and an extreme hazard to airborne wildlife. Hydroelectric energy can be more widely implemented but the dams are liable to disrupt spawning patterns of some fish, particularly salmon. Nuclear energy is incredibly efficient but runs into social and economic barriers. After my research, I have come to the conclusion that the best solution…
Rodman D. Griffin’s article entitled “Alternative Energy: Can Renewable Energy Sources Replaces Fossil Fuels?” is about alternative methods of getting energy. The article goes into great detail of how America has gone into such an increase in using oil and other non-renewable resources. America spends billions of dollars a year on oil and gas to fuel the countries working class. This was incorporated in my paper along with other facts that Griffin uses throughout his article. His article gave me insight to the crisis that we face everyday and a new wave of thinking when it comes to alternative energy.…
In this activity, you will use what you have learned about perception and the embodied mind to make discoveries about how you think. Please answer in complete sentences.…
• Support your claims with evidence. Do not get into great detail in the abstract, but forecast what the claims will be and hint at the evidence (statistics will show; major authorities in the field have been consulted, studies have proven).…
It is not easy question regarding whether America should attempt to drill its way out of dependency on foreign oil or to push hard for alternative energies. Many considerations need to be examined; environmental concerns including global warming, employment, big business, and monetary issues including the trade balance, foreign policy, and special interest groups.…
In this activity, you will use what you have learned about perception and the embodied mind to make discoveries about how you think. Please answer in complete sentences.…
In this activity, you will use what you have learned about perception and the embodied mind to make discoveries about how you think. Please answer in complete sentences.…
I personally think we need to go the long way to become energy independent. For the U.S., oil dependence represents a serious national security threat. While the United States is drilling more oil than it has before, consumers are not seeing the lower prices at the pump. Still, the idea of “energy independence” has continued in American political discourse, leading some to believe that the U.S. can solve its energy problems by producing more oil, which is not the…
Because of the climate change, the earth is in danger. People don’t realize that the things they use or do every day are hurting the earth and living things. Nature.org says, “…one-fourth of Earth’s species will be headed for extinction by 2050 if the warming trend continues at its current rate…” Because the temperature is increasing, ice is melting. Because ice is melting, sea levels are rising. Higher temperatures don’t only melt ice but evaporates the moisture in the air. Evaporation will take away all of the land’s water leaving it as dry as a desert. With a drought now in progress, it will make it harder to find water and support agriculture.…