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    AN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCE Technology in this day become more advanced. The advancement of technology has improved the quality of our life. The invantion of electricity made people found new era. Electricity is a source of energy. There are various function of electricity such as lightening‚ to light up the world‚ connecting us from distance‚ spreading out news‚ entertaining‚ and for medical purpose. Electricity is produced by a battery or a wires or by dinamo machine. But there are some alternative

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    Alternative vs. Traditional Energy Sources The use of alternative energy sources versus the use of traditional energy sources has become one of the country’s‚ if not the world’s‚ most heated debate in recent years. For the purposes of this paper‚ the term “alternative energy” refers to any form of energy that is not derived from fossil fuels. Alternative energy sources like wind farms‚ solar cells‚ hydroelectric dams‚ biomass fuels‚ and nuclear power have been considered to be attainable sources

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    look into the still tiny alternative energy market. In a minimum of fifty years fossil fuels‚ which include petroleum (oil)‚ natural gas‚ and coal‚ will all run out. Alternative energy is a renewable and the most productive type of energy for the USA and the world (United States. Department of Energy). Every person on this planet is provided with a dirty and unforgiving energy source‚ fossil fuels. Fossil fuels destroy and tarnish the once beautiful world. Alternative energy could slowing bring back

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    ESSAY ON ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF ENERGY The law of conservation says that energy is neither created nor destroyed. When we use energy‚ it doesn’t disappear. We change it from one form of energy into another. A car engine burns gasoline‚ converting the chemical energy in gasoline into mechanical energy. Solar cells change radiant energy into electrical energy. Energy changes form‚ but the total amount of energy in the universe stays the same. Scientists at the Department of Energy think they have

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    7.4 ch 19 VOCAB: Renewable alternative energies sources- such as solar water and biomass that are more or less continuously made available in a tim from work useful to people nonrenewable alternative energies- energy sources including nuclear and geothermal that are dependent on fuels or a resource that may be used up much faster than it is replenished by natural processes bio fuel- an energy recovered from biomass- organic matter such as plant material - animal waste digestion- poop (waste

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    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 energy sources

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    Energy conservation helps ensure available resources for future generations and also helps prevent pollution. Most of our current energy sources today are not renewable‚ which means that they will eventually deplete. As a member of the Home Owner’s Association I believe that it is extremely important for us to educate our community about the importance of energy conservation. Teaching the community that energy is not a right but a privilege will educate‚ empower‚ and make us aware of the importance

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    sources of energy. A sizable percentage of people hold the opinion that traditional fuel such as petroleum and nature gas should be maintained while others encourage people to use replaceable energy. As I see it‚ the new type of energy should be appreciated. People who support this issue have their own reasons. In the first place‚ it is obvious that fossil fuels are nonrenewable energy in out earth. The total fossil fuels are limited and if we consume them excessively and rapidly‚ the resource would

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    first thought of energy resources? Is it something that got to do with electricity? First of all‚ I would say that the energy system is not very sustainable because it can either be sustainable‚ or not sustainable. The energy resources used by mankind have grown dramatically and it is affecting the environment by leaving negative impact to the environment. Not only the government sector‚ but also the private sectors that are aware of the environment are trying to find alternatives to sustainable development

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    hope of slowing down the development of natural resources‚ which in turn is hypothesized to lead to climate change. Although many professors at Harvard University are pro-divesting in those types of companies‚ the president stated that she did not believe divesting would be “wise or effective” for the university’s take on climate change. After doing portfolio analysis‚ if KU were to divest‚ we found that it would create a stigma against the fossil fuel industry and would show that KU values a more

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