Sc300 Unit 4 Assignment
Energy
From the moment we wake up in the morning until the time we go to bed each night, we all use different forms of energy to perform our daily activities. On a daily basis I use energy for transportation to commute to and from work and run errands; for cooking meals using either my gas range, microwave or charcoal grill; for heating my home in the winter and cooling my home in the summer; for daily showering, and for lighting my home in order to be comfortable and productive. Most of the resources we rely on for energy are nonrenewable and will soon be depleted.
Let’s take a closer look at how energy affects the following daily activities:
Transportation – I use my vehicle to commute to and from work and to run any errands during the week or on weekends. In order for my vehicle to operate properly it needs fuel. Gasoline is refined from crude oil, which is a fossil fuel.
Cooking – Natural gas, electricity or propane can be used when cooking food. These energy sources are created from fossil fuel.
Heating/Air Conditioning – For heating one can use natural gas or heating oil and for air conditioning, electricity is used. Natural gas and heating oil are fossil fuels and electricity is created from fossil fuel.
Computers – Electricity is created from coal which is a fossil fuel.
Lighting homes/offices – Homes and offices use electricity as their source of energy which is created from coal and is a fossil fuel.
During the course of a year, our energy consumption needs can change due to several factors. With the implementation of telework in many companies, our gasoline consumption can be reduced by working from home several days a week; by eating out more often, we can reduce our energy consumption from not cooking every day; our heating/cooling energy consumption might increase due to working from home several days a week; our energy consumption for computer use may increase due to working from home several days a week and this would
From the moment we wake up in the morning until the time we go to bed each night, we all use different forms of energy to perform our daily activities. On a daily basis I use energy for transportation to commute to and from work and run errands; for cooking meals using either my gas range, microwave or charcoal grill; for heating my home in the winter and cooling my home in the summer; for daily showering, and for lighting my home in order to be comfortable and productive. Most of the resources we rely on for energy are nonrenewable and will soon be depleted.
Let’s take a closer look at how energy affects the following daily activities:
Transportation – I use my vehicle to commute to and from work and to run any errands during the week or on weekends. In order for my vehicle to operate properly it needs fuel. Gasoline is refined from crude oil, which is a fossil fuel.
Cooking – Natural gas, electricity or propane can be used when cooking food. These energy sources are created from fossil fuel.
Heating/Air Conditioning – For heating one can use natural gas or heating oil and for air conditioning, electricity is used. Natural gas and heating oil are fossil fuels and electricity is created from fossil fuel.
Computers – Electricity is created from coal which is a fossil fuel.
Lighting homes/offices – Homes and offices use electricity as their source of energy which is created from coal and is a fossil fuel.
During the course of a year, our energy consumption needs can change due to several factors. With the implementation of telework in many companies, our gasoline consumption can be reduced by working from home several days a week; by eating out more often, we can reduce our energy consumption from not cooking every day; our heating/cooling energy consumption might increase due to working from home several days a week; our energy consumption for computer use may increase due to working from home several days a week and this would
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