The Solution to the Earths Energy Problems
The Solution to the Earths’ Energy Conservation Problem
Gas prices have hit $6.00 a gallon! That is a scary thought, but reality is if we don’t start conserving our energy sources now, that is exactly what we will get gas for $6.00 a gallon or maybe even more. In today’s society we are only worried about the here, and the now. We all need to start thinking long term and come up with ideas for preserving our future. In the United States the industries use up about forty two percent of the nation’s total energy consumption (Berg and Hager 2007). The more developed a nation is the more energy it uses.
Energy consumption around the world has increased every year since 1982; with most of the increases coming from the highly developed countries (Berg and Hager 2007). This high increase in energy consumption can be met by making a few changes, some of which would include making things, such as: Appliances, automobile, and home insulation, more energy efficient. There are lots of changes we could make that would not drastically change our everyday life. These little changes are the easiest to make because we will not feel them, and we will not feel deprived of energy. We need to start somewhere, and these simple things are the best place. If we don’t start making a change now, it may be too late.
One of our main sources of energy now is coal. Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel in the world (Berg and Hager 2007). Coal is used by the utilities companies to produce electricity. Coal is usually mined. There are two types of mining methods used with coal; one is surface and the other is sub-surface (underground). In the United States surface mining is used to obtain approximately sixty percent of all coal mined in the United States. Sub-surface, underground, accounts for the other forty percent of coal mined in the United States. Surface mining has many advantages over subsurface. Some of those advantages are: less expensive, safer, and usually allows a more complete
Gas prices have hit $6.00 a gallon! That is a scary thought, but reality is if we don’t start conserving our energy sources now, that is exactly what we will get gas for $6.00 a gallon or maybe even more. In today’s society we are only worried about the here, and the now. We all need to start thinking long term and come up with ideas for preserving our future. In the United States the industries use up about forty two percent of the nation’s total energy consumption (Berg and Hager 2007). The more developed a nation is the more energy it uses.
Energy consumption around the world has increased every year since 1982; with most of the increases coming from the highly developed countries (Berg and Hager 2007). This high increase in energy consumption can be met by making a few changes, some of which would include making things, such as: Appliances, automobile, and home insulation, more energy efficient. There are lots of changes we could make that would not drastically change our everyday life. These little changes are the easiest to make because we will not feel them, and we will not feel deprived of energy. We need to start somewhere, and these simple things are the best place. If we don’t start making a change now, it may be too late.
One of our main sources of energy now is coal. Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel in the world (Berg and Hager 2007). Coal is used by the utilities companies to produce electricity. Coal is usually mined. There are two types of mining methods used with coal; one is surface and the other is sub-surface (underground). In the United States surface mining is used to obtain approximately sixty percent of all coal mined in the United States. Sub-surface, underground, accounts for the other forty percent of coal mined in the United States. Surface mining has many advantages over subsurface. Some of those advantages are: less expensive, safer, and usually allows a more complete