In Green World 63 a series of articles appeared which emphasised the Green Party’s policy of not supporting nuclear power. Green Party member and author Mark Lynas is one of a number of environmentalists who now advocate nuclear power as a sensible response to the climate crisis. Being as he was mentioned in the one of the articles‚ Mark asked for the opportunity to clarify his position on the issue. We obliged‚ but asked Jeremy Leggett‚ opposite‚ to defend the Green Party stance. Us greens are
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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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development‚ including the promising but ever-so-distant nuclear fusion power‚ other production methods are already in commercial use. These often rely on the weather or climate to work‚ and include such methods as wind power‚ solar power and hydroelectricity in its many forms . These new sources of energy have some indisputable advantages over the older methods. At the same time‚ they present new challenges. The output of the traditional methods is easy to adjust according to the power requirements
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World energy consumption World energy consumption in 2010: over 5% growth [6] Energy markets have combined crisis recovery and strong industry dynamism . Energy consumption in the G20 soared by more than 5% in 2010‚ after the slight decrease of 2009. This strong increase is the result of two converging trends. Onthe one-hand‚ industrialized countries‚ which experienced sharp decreases in energy demand in 2009‚ recovered firmly in 2010‚ almost coming back to historical trends. Oil‚ gas‚ coal‚ and
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to upgrade the grid‚ and a lowered ability to supplant conventional production can occur. Power management techniques such as having excess capacity storage‚ dispatch able backing supplies (usually natural gas)‚ storage such as pumped-storage hydroelectricity‚ exporting and importing power to neighboring areas or reducing demand when wind production is low‚ can greatly mitigate these problems. Wind power‚ as an alternative to fossil fuels‚ is plentiful‚ renewable‚ widely distributed‚ clean‚ produces
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How much fresh water is used by Americans daily? trillion gallons Identify three causes of water pollution. sewage‚ chemical waste‚ pesticide runoff Smog is composed of which chemicals? carbon dioxide‚ nitrogen‚ and sulfur dioxide Smog‚ combined with precipitation‚ results in what harmful effect? acid rain How is burying and burning waste harmful to the environment? Burying waste causes toxic chemicals to leech into the ground water. Burning waste causes toxic ash‚ which pollutes
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With reference to specific river basins examine the need for management in resolving issues resulting from their development (25) River basins need to be managed to resolve the two major issues which result from their development which include high flood risk and the conflict caused. The development of river basins such as the River Colorado‚ USA (an HIC) has led to unequal water distribution and many environmental problems downstream due to lack of scientific knowledge‚ which has caused conflict
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streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water‚ while other structures such as floodgates or levees (also known as dikes) are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are often used in conjunction with dams to provide clean electricity for millions of consumers. It can also be used to collect water or for storage of water which can be evenly distributed between locations. Hoover Dam‚ a concrete arch-gravity
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PRICE HIKE To understand this term we divide this term into two parts; Price and Hike and explain both the parts separately. Price is the value paid by the provider or supplier in the form of currency for rendering goods & services. While Hike is an abrupt increase or rise. It means that there is rise in prices of the goods/services required by the people living in the world. These goods/services belong to following sectors; 1. Agriculture 2. Health and Medicine 3. Education 4. Manufacturing/Industries
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Lessening Over-Reliance on Fossil Fuels The over-reliance on fossil fuels denotes to be a serious challenge in the United States. In 2006‚ President Bush used the term “addiction to oil” elucidating how the country heavily relies on fossil fuel as a source of energy (Sarica & Tyner‚ 2013). The world is becoming more competitive‚ and America is increasing its demand on fossil fuel. The precarious state of the fossil fuel in the markets abroad raises concerns. Political and economic instabilities are
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