Mcguinty’s legacy is a green nightmare By Margret Wente‚ The globe and Mail‚ February 2‚ 2013 As our population grows and our society advances‚ there will be an increase in the demand of readily available energy. Fossil fuel based energy sources are costly‚ non-renewable and cause pollution‚ however wind energy has become the potential solution for all of our energy problems‚ or so we thought. McGuinty’s legacy is a green nightmare‚ by Margret Wente of the Globe and Mail explains that wind power
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Amanda Poland Prof. Kurzinski English 101 April 10‚ 2012 Alternative Energy Sources In the world today‚ alternative energy sources are becoming more and more of a necessity. Right now‚ the world’s energy demand is greatly increasing mostly because of population growth. Even though the rate of population growth is very diverse in different countries‚ the world’s population doubles about every thirty years. The world energy use is doubling every fourteen years (Hodgson). Still‚ the main energy
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money and strong leadership in guiding the country to a more renewable position on energy as its economy is almost entirely based on the production and sale of fossil fuels. In contrast‚ Sweden is in a very different situation economically and culturally. As a developed country‚ Sweden has converted most of its power from traditional fossil fuel sources that emit large amounts of greenhouse gasses to renewable energies such as solar and wind power. Sweden holds a position of leadership in the Climate
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Causes of Air Pollution In the world nowadays‚ there are many new inventions have invented. They are including cars‚ motorcycles‚ electronic gadgets and the machines that use the burning of fossil fuel. Instead of the benefits of these new inventions‚ there are many disadvantages‚ too. There are two main reasons that cause air pollution. One of the main causes of air pollution is manufacturing. This source of pollution spews particulate matter and chemicals into the atmosphere. The particulate
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technology that has been developed in China. Largely developed because of China’s low carbon footprint in comparison to other developing countries‚ the low carbon technology aims to offset the amount of emissions polluting the air by using renewable fossil fuels. (Xie 1594) China is a low carbon economy for two main reasons. First‚ the number of people that own a car is far lower than the national average of a country like the United States.
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Fossil fuels well that’s a thing that I have always taken for granted until I saw the documentary of Crude Impact. Well I did know that the population is increasing abundantly but what I didn ’t know is when the consumers increase in such a vast number so does the production. Now imagine this just one person has 30‚000 items that relates to fossil fuels and multiply by the seven billion on our world population. That’s a great quantity of items that relates to fossil fuels in our daily lives. People
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when it comes to nature causing climate changes; volcanic eruptions‚ ocean currents‚ earth orbital changes‚ and solar variations. There are three major factors when it comes to humans causing climate changes; transportation‚ deforestation‚ and fossil fuels to generate energy. Volcanic eruptions can cause the climate to change. When a volcano erupts tiny particles called aerosols shoot into the atmosphere. These tiny particles reflect solar energy into space and cool the earth. Also when a volcano
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resources What are Alternative energy resources?? It is any energy source that is an alternative to fossil fuel. It is a form of energy derived from a natural source‚ such as the sun‚ wind‚ tides‚ or waves and are also known as “Renewable Energy” that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment. They are considered alternatives because they can be future replacements for the fossil fuels that now meet a considerable portion of our energy needs. What Energy Resources are we using now
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written by scientist James Hansen‚ Hansen discuss fossil fuel emission impact on the global environment and a possible solution to this problem. Hansen begins his essay by highlighting the problem that we are facing with global fossil emission and how the governments are failing to address this issue. He support his claim by proving examples where governments supports construction of new coal plant‚ liquid plants‚ development of unconventional fossil fuels‚ leasing of lands for oil and gas exploration
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problems. Pollution comes in many shapes and sizes. Burning fossil fuels is one thing that causes pollution. Fossil fuels are fuels made of organic matter such as coal‚ or oil. When fossil fuels are burned they give off a green house gas called CO2. Also mining coal and oil allows methane to escape. How does it escape? Methane is naturally in the ground. When coal or oil is mined you have to dig up the earth a little. When you dig up the fossil fuels you dig up the methane as well. Another major man-made
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