Industrialization And Fossil Fuels

Firstly, let us take a look at fossil fuels and inventions that led to their heavy usage. Fossil fuels are combustible organic deposits, formed from decayed plants and animals that have been converted to crude oil, coal or natural gas by exposure to heat and pressure in the earth 's crust over hundreds of millions of years. Due to the development of steam engine in 1712, the popularity of coal as an energy source increased rapidly, and is one of the most used fossil fuel today for the production of electricity. As industrialization took place, pollution due to fossil fuels became a major issue and it was finally in 1924 that the first federal law to control pollution from the oil industry was established. It was 12 years later, when the first controlled nuclear chain reaction took place at the University of Chicago (DeFrancesco). Advancements in the automobile industry led to a significant increase in the production of automobiles, as a result petroleum became the most commonly used fossil fuel. Civilization has become so dependent on fossil …show more content…
Awareness among residential customers as well as among energy managers in industries is equally important as they will tend to switch towards clean energy since it is much more economical. Governments will play one of the most important role as their actions could determine the future of green energy production. There needs to be mutual understanding among states and utility territories, so as to promote clean energy and reduce transmission fees from the point of production to the point of consumption. If the right path is taken, the result will be a clean nation, independent in its the need of electricity and maybe even enough to export some, taking it on an international