The Pros And Cons Of Our Solar System

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In our solar system, there are the nine planets. They are Mercury, Venus, earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. These planets was formed when clouds of gas and dust collapsed with gravity in space. Earth is the third planet from the sun. Throughout the solar system, Earth is the unique place where life can exist. This planet contains atmosphere with oxygen, with lands and oceans on its surface. The ocean covers roughly 70 percent of the Earth's surface and besides that 30 percent is the land. Both the land and ocean provide shelter for the living creatures. Throughout human civilization, Earth has to face dramatic changes on its surface after the growth of technology, population growth, and climate change. If we wouldn't …show more content…
He also states that human's practice of technology into food, energy, and climate caused the earth's biosphere suffered from solar radiation, with the impact the Earth's ecological health and human health. Therefore, food is the most important for the human being to survive. If Earth doesn't provide lands to do agriculture, then the human beings will destroy their civilization. Therefore, this Earth provides us for the land to grow, air to breath, and water to drink or …show more content…
On this Earth, there are the three different types of energy generation production. They are fossil fuels, nuclear energy, an alternative energy source such as the wind, solar, hydrogen, and geothermal power. First, the fossil fuels are a nonrenewable energy, and it is cheaper to buy, but it is very harmful because it contributes more carbon oxide int the earth atmosphere. For example, more than 80% of the earth population use the fossil fuels. Second, the nuclear energy is the alternate method to produce in energy the modern society without affecting the earth atmosphere. Sometimes, the direct failure of the nuclear energy causes a terrible explosion that releases a lot of radioactive materials to the earth's environment and widespread dangerous diseases in human health. It made the earth's environment more toxic, and it has caused many people to die. Third, solar, wind, hydrogen, and geothermal power are the renewable energy, but it is highly expensive compared to the nuclear and fossil fuels. Therefore, most of the developed countries can afford alternative energy, but developing countries cannot

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