Fossil fuels are a non-renewable type of energy formed from the remains of organisms millions of years ago. When they are burned, the release heat energy is released. Fossil fuels are around 90% of the world’s energy, oil being 40% of that percentage. Obtaining oil causes problems in the environment such as destroying wilderness and impacting wildlife. Above all, oil is being overused and is now running out even though it is the second most plentiful liquid in Earth’s crust. If humans continue using the amount of oil we are using now, oil will run out in a few decades. There is a limited amount of oil in the ground since oil takes such a long time to form. Once there is less oil in the ground, it will be produced slower. In the past, oil shortages led to panic and a rise in prices.
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For instance, in America can easily use farm land to produce ethanol and methanol, which is a substitute for oil. Most of the oil from the world comes from the Middle East but some can come from other countries, for example, America. In Alaska, there is three billion barrels of oil. There was a huge controversy about obtaining the oil. Alaska is one of the very few pristine wilderness left and drilling the oil would ruin Alaska. Even with technology and new drilling techniques, drilling will still negatively affect Alaska. Only 85.1 billions of barrels of oil are found in North America. While drilling in Alaska would be dreadful for the habitat, America would be more independent from getting foreign oil, especially from the Middle East. The Middle East has 673.7 of the billions of barrels in the world of oil. While drilling would bring job opportunities and money to Alaska and drilling techniques are better to the environment now, the disadvantages still outweigh the
For instance, in America can easily use farm land to produce ethanol and methanol, which is a substitute for oil. Most of the oil from the world comes from the Middle East but some can come from other countries, for example, America. In Alaska, there is three billion barrels of oil. There was a huge controversy about obtaining the oil. Alaska is one of the very few pristine wilderness left and drilling the oil would ruin Alaska. Even with technology and new drilling techniques, drilling will still negatively affect Alaska. Only 85.1 billions of barrels of oil are found in North America. While drilling in Alaska would be dreadful for the habitat, America would be more independent from getting foreign oil, especially from the Middle East. The Middle East has 673.7 of the billions of barrels in the world of oil. While drilling would bring job opportunities and money to Alaska and drilling techniques are better to the environment now, the disadvantages still outweigh the