Renewable Energy: Yes or No? Joanna Fain Eng. 122 English Composition II April 15th‚ 2013 Although fossil fuels provide an inexpensive form of energy‚ they have been shown to pollute ecosystems‚ endanger animals and humans‚ are not sustainable‚ and cannot provide nearly the amount of energy that can be obtained from renewable sources. Fossil fuels do provide an inexpensive form of energy‚ but in contrast‚ they also pollute the atmosphere with greenhouse gases‚ thus contributing
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BURNING FUELS Fossil fuels can be used to make electricity in a power plant. They are burned to heat water into steam‚ which can push a fan-like object called a turbine. When the turbine turns around‚ magnets in it make electricity. Fossil fuels are fuels formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms. The fossil fuels are coal‚ oil and natural gas. They are fuels because they release heat energy when they are burned. They are fossil fuels because they
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which turns into radiant energy when ignited‚ to cook food or provide heat when using a gas grill. Currently‚ one of the major sources of energy today is fossil fuels. Fossil fuels contain the stored radiant energy of organisms that lived million of years ago. (Tillery‚ 2009 p67) Petroleum‚ natural gas and coal are all considered fossil fuels as they are all by-products of organisms that lived millions of years ago. Both petroleum and natural gas form from organic sediment‚ materials that
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Problem: greenhouse gas pollution Reason: burning fossil fuels Sub-reason: create much carbon dioxide Solution: phasing out fossil fuel Example: not building any new coal-burning power plants Pollution whether it is vehicular‚ electrical or industrial is the main contributor to the global warming. Most of the greenhouse gas emissions come from the burning of fossil fuel for energy such as electricity and transport. When oil‚ gas or coal burns‚ carbon contained within it combines with oxygen
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Negative Externalities We live and work in a world driven by a fossil fueled economy. Our cars and other dominant forms of transport run primarily on gasoline derived from oil. Our homes and work places stay heated and cooled using electricity generated by utilities heavily dependent on coal. Many air pollution issues such as climate change‚ acid rain and smog are directly related to our energy choices. Solutions to air quality issues range from calls for greater energy efficiency to increased
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Approach‚ Sixth Edition‚ John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. Energy Quest. (2014). The Energy Story. Retrieved from http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/story/chapter08.html UCSUSA Environment America. (2009). The High Costs of Fossil Fuels. Retrieved from http://www.environmentamerica.org/reports/ame/high-cost-fossil-fuels Energy4me GoodReads. (2014). Plato Quotes. Retrieved from http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/68707-necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention Google Maryland Energy Administration. (2013). RPS: Increasing Maryland’s
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Amanda Poland Prof. Kurzinski English 101 April 10‚ 2012 Alternative Energy Sources In the world today‚ alternative energy sources are becoming more and more of a necessity. Right now‚ the world’s energy demand is greatly increasing mostly because of population growth. Even though the rate of population growth is very diverse in different countries‚ the world’s population doubles about every thirty years. The world energy use is doubling every fourteen years (Hodgson). Still‚ the main energy
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activities such as the burning of oil‚ coal and gas‚ as well as deforestation are the primary cause of the increased carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere. 87 percent of all human-produced carbon dioxide emissions come from the burning of fossil fuels like coal‚ natural gas and oil. The remainder results from the clearing of forests and
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becoming urgent. Therefore‚ research companies and individuals are focusing on creating new energy systems. Fossil fuels are are depleting and becoming more difficult to obtain. The earth will face an energy crisis in the near future if humans are not careful with their consumption. To avoid this disaster it is vital for us to utilize alternative sources of energy to its full potential. Widely used fossil fuels like coal‚ oil‚ and petroleum are very harmful to the environment. The earth is warming up‚ the
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able to form with each other; this causes the many different forms of carbon. The most popular form of carbon is carbon dioxide; this has become more popular over the years to the increase emissions of fossil fuels from human activities. This causes a problem because the increase in the burning of fossil fuels will lead to an increase of carbon in the atmosphere. With more carbon in the atmosphere it can alter the temperature‚ and environments on Earth. In this research paper the carbon cycle will be
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