blended with gasoline to produce bio-fuels and it is broadly used nowadays (Rangasamy et al‚2011) a Ethanol can reduce our dependence on fossil fuel oil (Pacheco‚2006) i Enormous usage of fossil fuel energy imposes environmental costs by releasing carbon dioxide‚therefore development of clean energy is eagerly required
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improving rapidly. Someday‚ it may provide a clean and abundant source of power. Solar energy is a very useful resource. Today 80% of the energy we use comes from fossil fuels and about 1% comes from solar energy. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable‚ that means that they are used up faster than they could be replaced. Also fossil fuels limited and cause pollution. Recently‚ there has been talk about creating a whole livable society in which all essential sources of man-made energy‚ which
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of humans making it human-caused. One of the causes of global warming is greenhouse-gas effect. It will continue for centuries even if and when greenhouse-gas emissions are stabilized in the future. Humans are helping to cause global warming by "Fossil fuel use‚ agriculture‚ and land-use change are fundamentally affecting the systems on our planet‚" (Science News (2009) according to Achim Steiner‚ executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme. In 2001 the panel that Achim was on
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1950s. Air pollution had reached such a serious stage that it caused the London Smog in 1952 that caused 4000 deaths and a host of other related ailments among the Londoners. One of the main causes of the serious air pollution was the burning of fossil fuels by the many manufacturing industries producing iron and steel‚ automobiles‚ machinery‚ textiles and food. Coal and Oil were the main sources of fuel for the factories which resulted in the release of carbon dioxide‚ sulphur dioxide‚ smoke
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possible solutions. The predominant factors resulting in the warming of the earth are the emissions of CO2 and deforestation. CO2‚ which damages the ozone layer‚ comes from several sources‚ but the most problematic are those coming from the burning of fossil fuels from power plants. This releases thousands of tones of CO2 into the atmosphere every year. Another cause of these emissions is the burning of gasoline for transportation‚ which continues to increase because of our demand for cars and also
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change. It relates to the amount of greenhouse gases produced in our day-to-day lives through burning fossil fuels for things like electricity‚ heating and transportation. A carbon footprint is made up of the sum of two parts‚ the primary footprint and the secondary footprint. The primary footprint is a measure of our direct emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels. These fossil fuels are coal‚ oil and natural gas‚ they are all non-renewable and currently running out. Some estimates
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as gasohol Biofuels are a ’Greener’ Alternative to fossil fuels one main advantage that biofuels has over normal fossil fuels is that they are a sustainable source or energy. The plants which are used to make all the different types of biofuels can be replace quickly and easily by planting new crops-so this means they’re a renewable energy source . In contrast‚ there is a finite supply of fossil fuels like coal and crude oil. These fossil fuels will run out eventually and the planet will need
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windows and CFL bulbs. There are several different forms of energy I use throughout the year at home‚ work‚ and while traveling and the amounts of these energies I use varies with the different seasons. At home the main sources of energy used is the fossil fuel‚ natural gas‚ and the secondary energy electricity. Electricity is a secondary source because it is converted by using other primary sources of energy such as coal‚ nuclear‚ or solar energy (“Electricity Basics”‚ n.d). I rely on these two main
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in commercial businesses such as airlines‚ receives tax credit from the US government. This is good for the environment and good for business. It does release carbon dioxide but captures carbon dioxide for its own growth. Carbon dioxide released by fossil fuel are released into the atmosphere and are harmful to the environment. 3. Abundant and Renewable : Biomass products are abundant and renewable. Since
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December 17‚ 2015 Solar Energy The use of solar energy is increasing throughout the world. Solar energy is used to make light‚ run computers and to conserve energy. Today we used fossil fuel to run factories and make electricity but little do the people know‚ one day we are going to run out of oil because it’s not a renewable source. Then what are we going to do ? We would have no other choice then to start using the sun for energy
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