Negative Externalities We live and work in a world driven by a fossil fueled economy. Our cars and other dominant forms of transport run primarily on gasoline derived from oil. Our homes and work places stay heated and cooled using electricity generated by utilities heavily dependent on coal. Many air pollution issues such as climate change‚ acid rain and smog are directly related to our energy choices. Solutions to air quality issues range from calls for greater energy efficiency to increased
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Approach‚ Sixth Edition‚ John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. Energy Quest. (2014). The Energy Story. Retrieved from http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter08.html UCSUSA Environment America. (2009). The High Costs of Fossil Fuels. Retrieved from http://www.environmentamerica.org/reports/ame/high-cost-fossil-fuels Energy4me GoodReads. (2014). Plato Quotes. Retrieved from http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/68707-necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention Google Maryland Energy Administration. (2013). RPS: Increasing Maryland’s
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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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activities such as the burning of oil‚ coal and gas‚ as well as deforestation are the primary cause of the increased carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere. 87 percent of all human-produced carbon dioxide emissions come from the burning of fossil fuels like coal‚ natural gas and oil. The remainder results from the clearing of forests and
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becoming urgent. Therefore‚ research companies and individuals are focusing on creating new energy systems. Fossil fuels are are depleting and becoming more difficult to obtain. The earth will face an energy crisis in the near future if humans are not careful with their consumption. To avoid this disaster it is vital for us to utilize alternative sources of energy to its full potential. Widely used fossil fuels like coal‚ oil‚ and petroleum are very harmful to the environment. The earth is warming up‚ the
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able to form with each other; this causes the many different forms of carbon. The most popular form of carbon is carbon dioxide; this has become more popular over the years to the increase emissions of fossil fuels from human activities. This causes a problem because the increase in the burning of fossil fuels will lead to an increase of carbon in the atmosphere. With more carbon in the atmosphere it can alter the temperature‚ and environments on Earth. In this research paper the carbon cycle will be
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generating electricity. His method‚ which is movement of a loop of wire between the poles of a magnet‚ is still used today. Without electricity‚ the world would be a different place to live in. Flow Diagram showing how electricity is produced using fossil fuels (GCSE Bitsesize) There are two types of electricity‚ static electricity and current electricity. On a large scale‚ static electricity causes lightning and on a smaller scale‚ gives you a shock when you get out of a car. It can be generated
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How can the alternative source of energy be harnessed effectively? Losing polluting natural resource is one of the most serious problems that people concerned during the 21st century. Scientists have found that traditional sources like fossil fuels are threatening people’s lives as well as the environment. Due to this‚ some countries have started their plans to harness‚ renewable energy and achieved satisfactory success. For a decade‚ the majority of countries in Europe have proved that used alternative
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causing sparks against dry tinder or fleece. But now there are many alternative sources of energy for people to use. And fossils fuels helped them a lot. People have used more than 90% of fuels‚ such as oil‚ coal and natural gas to produce electricity. These things are non-renewable. The more we use these fuels it will decrease every day. Today fossils fuels are a risk for our planet and people should search alternative way of energy‚ which is a new way to produce
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and others. (Thus creating the phrase energy cannot be created or destroyed.) There are many advantages of using fossil fuel. One is that fossil fuel help reduce the time it takes time to getting one place to another. For example: Before fossil fuel it would take the average person days to go from one state to another or hours to get travel between cities. Also‚ in using fossil fuel Power plants could produce enough energy to power their homes‚ which includes lighting‚ heat‚ central air‚ and cooking
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