Part B: Summary In his article ‘Fossils Fuels Improve The Planet’‚ Mr Alex Epstein’s main claim was that fossil fuels are not dirty energy as they have created clean‚ healthy and liveable human environment. He also concluded that unlike fossil fuels‚ solar and wind energy - dubbed as cleaner energy - are expensive‚ unreliable and not abundant. He began by arguing that fossil-fuels-powered technologies and facilities have enabled humans to live in the most clean‚ healthy and liveable condition in
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Energy Conversion; Fossil Fuels; Attractive Sources of Energy; Alternative to Fossil Fuels and Their Relative Advantages and Disadvantages Energy Conversion; Fossil Fuels; Attractive Sources of Energy; Alternative to Fossil Fuels and Their Relative Advantages and Disadvantages Introduction Energy comes in different forms and different terms distinguished one form from another. Potential energy is called the energy that possessed by an object due to its position. Kinetic energy is called
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Ethanol What is Ethanol? Ethanol‚ which is sometimes called ethyl alcohol‚ pure alcohol‚ or grain alcohol is defined as‚ “a high octane‚ clean burning‚ American- made renewable fuels.” Ethanol is an increasing important aspect of our society and its popularity is becoming more widespread on a daily basis. Ethanol‚ a substance made out of Sugar-cane‚ maize‚ sorghum‚ wheat ‚ and other grains‚ has become one of the main viable source of energy in the world. In countries like South
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the temperature. I believe are affecting global warming by burning fossil fuels. I think this because of the sea level‚ burning of fossil fuels‚ and deforestation. One reason I believe humans are affecting global warming is because the ocean has risen about 4-8 in the last 100 years. That may not sound like that much but it’s a significant amount. In an online article it says‚ it’s getting hotter because humans are burning fossil fuels which trap heat and energy into the atmosphere. Thus heating
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means too much energy is trapped and the planet warms up. One of the key findings in the IPCC report is the attribution of more than half the increase in global surface temperatures from 1951-2010 to human activities‚ underlining the dominant role of fossil fuel burning as a
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ago‚ a lot of countries just use the fossil fuels to supply the energy that the whole city needs‚ but now the sources of energy are more than before‚ such as solar energy and biomass. So in this case‚ many countries try them best to harness the renewable energy to reduce the dependence on the traditional energy. Over the last five years‚ many European countries have increased their reliance on wind farms and hydroelectric dams because of more expensive fossil fuels. For example‚ in Sweden‚ the city
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consumption‚ everyone can do their part. Reducing the amount of non-renewable resources used each day would make a large impact in the energy conservation movement. Sources of non-renewable energy include coal and fossil fuels such as gasoline‚ oil and natural gas. To reduce the use of fossil fuels‚ driving vehicles‚ which use these resources‚ less will help in a big way. Driving fewer miles will save money as well‚ and reduce pollution produced by gas-fired engines. To help get better gas mileage
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thing they observed was there are several greenhouse gases that were responsible for warming and human emit them in a variety of ways. These gases include water vapor‚ nitrogen‚ methane and carbon dioxide. Most of these gases come from combustion of fossil fuels in cars‚ factories and electricity production. The gas responsible for most warming is carbon dioxide. Other contributors include methane from landfills and agriculture
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world more extreme storms‚ more severe droughts‚ deadly heat waves‚ rising sea levels‚ and more acidic oceans‚ which can affect the very base of the food chain. The primary cause of global warming is human activity‚ most significantly the burning of fossil fuels to drive cars‚ generate electricity‚ and operate our homes and businesses. Tropical deforestation‚ also by human hands‚ is another major contributor. According to Union of Concerned Scientists ( 2010) When these forests are burned‚ they release
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common? They are all powered by fuel sources. The most popular being fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are dead plant and animal matter that has been compressed and heated over millions of years. They are burned to create heat‚ which in turn creates energy. However‚ with heavy industrialization (agricultural and manufacturing)‚ transportation‚ and personal energy use‚ our world’s fossil fuel supplies are rapidly depleting. Even more‚ fossil fuels pollute our environment. Scientists are on the search for alternative
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