Sustainable energy is from natural energy that can be restored “Sustainable energy, also sometimes called “renewable energy,” refers to sources of energy that are naturally occurring and regenerate at a rapid rate” (Codington-Lacerte). Since they regenerate they never truly go away they just time to restore. There are actually 8 ways of producing sustainable energy: solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal, OTEC, tidal, biomass, and hydrogen. “The conventional energy sources for electric power generation, heating and cooling systems, and transportation are fossil fuels (coal, petroleum, and natural gas) and nuclear power” (Codington-Lacerte). Although we use fossil fuels for those we could also use sustainable energy for them and also for others. Solar power can be used for heating and electricity, Wind power can be used for electricity, Geothermal Power can be used for electricity and heat, and Ocean power can be used for electricity: all those can be used in place of fossil fuels. The many types of energy also benefit the public by producing jobs for them at the plants that harvest the sustainable …show more content…
There are many different types of renewable energy types “Although both wind and solar power have expanded across the United States and become more cost-competitive with fossil fuels, they are still emerging industries that could decline without more consistent policy support” (Power). As long as people keep looking deeper into sustainable energy the industries will keep thriving to replace the use of fossil fuels. As of today ”Natural gas and oil, for example, have benefited from more than a century of federal subsidies supporting research and development, increased production, fuel transportation, and facility construction” (Power). The replacement of fossil fuels has also slowed down the use of the remaining natural oil left on earth. We know that natural oil is a renewable resource but it just doesn’t restore itself as fast as the other natural resources and it destroys the ozone layer unlike the others. As the popularity of the renewable energy industries increase the use of the sustainable energy that preserves the ozone