Canada is endowed with all of the resources, both natural and man made, we require to meet our energy needs for the rest of this century. For the past couple of decades, the country has been using fossil fuel as the primary energy source to heat our homes, power machines and automobiles. However, fossil fuel may no longer be the solution due to the amount of pollution in the country. One critic of this record of neglect insists that the damages to the “environment shaded their benefits. It did not take very long for the earth to run out of energy resources and to threaten environmental and human health”(Morgil et al., 2006). Nobody seriously believes that renewable energy will replace traditional fossil fuels, but there is room for the integration
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At the same time, a lot of energy can be produced by just one river, “the natural flow of water in rivers offers kinetic power that can be transformed into usable energy. Early usages included mechanical power for transformation activities, such as milling and sawing, and for irrigation ( Natural Resources Canada: About Renewable Energy, 2014). Hydropower is not only easy to control, but also creates no air pollution. Most of all, hydropower does not require a large budget to achieve the goal. However, this method can be easily affected by climate change and disasters like earthquakes. Due to the reason that it is such a big project, the government has to think carefully whether the hydropower projects can be allowed to inundate valleys and how heavy will it affect the surrounding environment. For instance, building such power plant besides the waterway will kill fish and create disturbances to the local …show more content…
Renewable energy is safe for all humans because it produces energy without any damages and ensures that it will not damage the environment. These alternative and renewable energy resources benefit the economy by creating new jobs and increasing business growth for companies. It would be difficult to build these mass constructions without disturbing the social, economic and the environmental sectors of society. Such big changes require the people to get used to using something that is relatively new, and it may change their fundamental way of living. In another word, there is always risk using these new resources could affect the peoples' lives negatively. An example of this would be the families have to install solar panels above their home in order to take advantages of solar energy. Installation of these panels can cost a lot of money and effort. Also, the chance of error or failure in the system would add more cost to the house owners for them to fix and repair the panels. Most people would not spend that much time and effort, and they would rather just pay extra each month to save themselves all the hassle. Even if it is hard to swallow, it would be good for the economy. With alternative resources, the government no
At the same time, a lot of energy can be produced by just one river, “the natural flow of water in rivers offers kinetic power that can be transformed into usable energy. Early usages included mechanical power for transformation activities, such as milling and sawing, and for irrigation ( Natural Resources Canada: About Renewable Energy, 2014). Hydropower is not only easy to control, but also creates no air pollution. Most of all, hydropower does not require a large budget to achieve the goal. However, this method can be easily affected by climate change and disasters like earthquakes. Due to the reason that it is such a big project, the government has to think carefully whether the hydropower projects can be allowed to inundate valleys and how heavy will it affect the surrounding environment. For instance, building such power plant besides the waterway will kill fish and create disturbances to the local …show more content…
Renewable energy is safe for all humans because it produces energy without any damages and ensures that it will not damage the environment. These alternative and renewable energy resources benefit the economy by creating new jobs and increasing business growth for companies. It would be difficult to build these mass constructions without disturbing the social, economic and the environmental sectors of society. Such big changes require the people to get used to using something that is relatively new, and it may change their fundamental way of living. In another word, there is always risk using these new resources could affect the peoples' lives negatively. An example of this would be the families have to install solar panels above their home in order to take advantages of solar energy. Installation of these panels can cost a lot of money and effort. Also, the chance of error or failure in the system would add more cost to the house owners for them to fix and repair the panels. Most people would not spend that much time and effort, and they would rather just pay extra each month to save themselves all the hassle. Even if it is hard to swallow, it would be good for the economy. With alternative resources, the government no