The European Union Energy Policy: An Initiative in Progress Anna Rulska April 2006 I. Introduction In January 2006‚ Russia cut off supply of gas to Ukraine. The European Union (EU)‚ dependent on gas from Russia‚ delivered through Ukraine‚ realized the full extent of its vulnerability in the realm of energy security and a need‚ more pressing now than ever‚ for a common energy policy. Shortages of energy carry implications not only for domestic producers and consumers‚ but also for
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Pollution - Environmental pollution is any discharge of material or energy into water‚ land‚ or air that causes or may cause acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term) detriment to the Earth ’s ecological balance or that lowers the quality of life. Pollutants may cause primary damage‚ with direct identifiable impact on the environment‚ or secondary damage in the form of minor perturbations in the delicate balance of the biological food web that are detectable only over long time periods. Until relatively
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Environmental Problems The poisoning of the world’s land‚ air‚ and water is the fastest-spreading disease of civilisation. It probably produces fewer headlines than wars‚ earthquakes and floods‚ but it is potentially one of history’s greatest dangers to human life on earth. If present trends continue for the next several decades‚ our planet will become uninhabitable. Overpopulation‚ pollution and energy consumption have created such planet-wide problems as massive deforestation‚ ozone depletion
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Radu Dudău‚ Dr. Phil. Romania Eurasian Energy Security: Recent Trends in the European Game of Natural Gas Projects Abstract The paper discusses the development prospects of the major gas pipeline projects planned to link Europe to the Caspian region (Nabucco and South Stream)‚ on the one hand‚ and to northwestern Siberia and the Barents Sea (Nord Stream)‚ on the other hand. The analysis indicates the following: the construction work of Nord Stream‟s first phase will likely start in the late spring
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Solar Energy Solar energy in one form or another is the source of nearly all energy on the earth. Humans‚ like all other animals and plants‚ rely on the sun for warmth and food. However‚ people also harness the sun’s energy in many other different ways. For example‚ fossil fuels‚ plant matter from a past geological age‚ is used for transportation and electricity generation and is essentially just stored solar energy from millions of years ago. Similarly‚ biomass converts the sun’s energy into a
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Energy of the Future Natalia Miroshnik ENG 101-08 Professor Ellen Ramsey December 11‚ 2012 Natalia Miroshnik ENG 101-08 Professor Ellen Ramsey December 11‚ 2012 Energy of the Future While researching texts written about renewable energy‚ I found many authors who published their works on the advantages and perspectives of renewable energy sources‚ particularly books‚ newspapers‚ and magazines. The problem that I faced while researching this paper is a too big variety of sources on this
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ENGG1100 Introduction to Engineering Design Introduction to Engineering Drawing Professor Yunhui Liu Dept. of Mechanical and Automation Engineering Spring‚ 2014 MAE Dept.‚ The Chinese University of Hong Kong 1 What is Engineering Drawing? An engineering drawing is a type of technical drawing used to fully and clearly define requirements for engineered items (from en.wikipedia.org) • a formal and precise way (graphic language) for communicating information about the shape
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forces involved. Two of the main forces experienced are called potential energy and kinetic energy. Potential energy is the energy an object has depending on the position of it. For example the higher an object is the higher the potential energy is and the lower an object is the less potential energy it will have. Kinetic energy is also a main type of force that is involved with rollercoasters. Kinetic energy is the energy an object will have as it is in motion. There are many different types of
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------------------------------------------------- A Study of Factors Influencing Energy Conservation Behavior Richard Semenik‚ University of Utah Russell Belk‚ University of Utah John Painter‚ University of Utah ABSTRACT - Previous research on factors that influence energy conservation behavior have almost without exception been restricted to demographic investigations using bivariate analyses. The present study attempts to go beyond prior research by using a richer set of non-demographic predictors
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Renewable energy is energy that originates from natural sources‚ which is a continuing and nonpolluting energy that is replenished due to its perpetual natural motion. These sources are commonly solar‚ geothermal‚ wind and tidal energies. Comparing different countries’ use of renewable energies -- in Portugal this year‚ close to 45 percent of its electricity will come from renewable energy sources (Rosenthal‚ 2010). This compared to 10.1 percent in the United States (U.S. Energy Administration
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