Oil is a very important part in our live. But some people don't even acknowledge this. People want more and more oil. Canadians uses twice as much oil then ever. In 1980 people use nearly 1.8 million gallons but now they use nearly 3 million gallons.…
Because the Tar Sands oil is so thick and chemically different than conventional unrefined oil, it must be upgraded to a form that is more transportable and useable as a base for synthetic oil. (Upgrading is so energy intensive that it adds one to two hundred pounds of CO2 to the atmosphere for every barrel of bitumen upgraded. Compared to refining conventional oil, upgrading tar sands (removing impurities and adding hydrogen) produces two to three times more sulfur dioxide (which causes rain), volatile organic compounds (producers of ozone), and particulate matter (a cause of heart and lung disease, Avery, pg 185). Environmentalists, as well as everyday citizens, have expressed concerns that these pollutants will add to global warming and the heating of our planet. In a time when the world is trying to cut down on carbon emissions to fight global warming, the processing of the Tar Sands oil produces up to 20 percent higher emissions than the processing of conventional oil.…
An increase in the technologies used to develop these dirty, tar sands oil could one day help us to accept it as a reliable clean energy. Until the tar sands oil can be dealt with without having a major impact on the environment it should be left to be handled by future scientist in order to do the least amount of damage on our…
If you want to know more keep reading about oil fracking. Oil Fracking should be outlawed,because we need a safer environment.oil fracking kills the parts of the earth slowly. Oil fracking is damaging the earth and its killing it slowly. Commonly known as fracking, it is a highly debated form of resource extraction. Cheap oil is running out, and clean energy has not yet become affordable for widespread use.…
However, there was one study done by the US Geological Survey in 2001 that gives a mean estimate of 7.06 billion barrels of oil. From what the report states this would suffice the oil consumption in the United States for one year if the oil consumption was equal to that of 2005. Yet, this amount of oil would only account for about 0.55% of the total amount of oil in the whole world! Furthermore, at the peak production of the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge the amount of oil being extracted would merely account for 3.2% of domestic oil usage. This amount would not even be enough to lower the fuel cost significantly in the United States; even if it did then OPEC would step in and adjust the oil prices accordingly so that the price change would not be significant.…
In recent decades, scientists have confirmed that the burning of fossil fuels has led to an increase in the Earth's temperature that eventually could render the planet uninhabitable. When fossil fuels are burned, they release greenhouse gasses that over the years, have slowly caused the Earth's climate to change. The harmful effects of climate change have caused rising sea levels, an increase in extreme and destructive weather such as hurricanes, a dramatic drop in crop yields, and the extinction of certain species and endangerment of many others. It is vital to find cleaner alternatives to these fuels and instances such as the company British Petroleum spilling millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 is only destroying our…
To find the threshold in marsh resilience to oil spills Brian R. Silliman and his team studied the erosion rates along Gulf of Mexico coastline following the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the summer of 2010. Before data collection began the relationship between the marsh erosion rates and the degree of plant stem oiling was predicted to be positively correlated. The greatest salt marsh erosion sites and the threshold for marsh resilience were forecasted to occur at the highest (90-100%) stem oiling level. The results of this study added to the rare amount of empirical data that has been recorded showing a link between geomorphologic thresholds and specific levels of large-scale human disturbances such as oceanic oil spills. Oil was found on…
The A.N.W.R Drilling, Good or Bad I support the A.N.W.R drilling. The reason I think we should drill is simple, Americas success. Americas economy will go up if we do this, and if the economy is up everything in America will go smoother. America will also gain power because the more money you have, the more you can fund for the U.S army Don't think that it will hurt nature or the natives because the oil companies fund the natives, and if only one ounce of oil spills it is considered an “oil spill”. The oil companies also fund schools, and the more money a school has the better resources they can afford.…
To help sustain crude oil we should raise the prices of crude oils. We should all work together to find new ways of sustaining our beautiful…
Known as the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, this tragedy is considered one of the most detrimental accidents concerning the environment. This oil spill occurred approximately forty-one miles off the coast of Louisiana, after a natural gas explosion ignited the rig. An estimated more than 60,000 gallons of oil spilled from this leakage. The intent of this paper is to highlight the effects seceding the oil spill, including key stakeholders negatively affected such as: property owners along the Southern coast of the United States of America; the seafood and fishing industry; the tourism industry; the hotel industry; the workers on the rig; and the wildlife and environment; the impact of the spill upon BP and how this incident could have been prevented, and the ethical obligation all companies have to protect the environment.…
The Deep Water Horizon disaster had and still has a major impact on the Gulf coast of America. The millions of barrels of water that gushed into the ocean in April 2010 had a significant impact on the environment and the economic impact on the gulf coast. Even though the British Petroleum company and the US government tried to clean up the oil spill, there are till remnants of oil still in the gulf today. A couple weeks after the disaster occurred, the residents of the coast can see the impact it had on the environment by looking at their beaches and the surround marshlands.…
The Earth is the only planet in the Milky Way that has any kind form of life. Indeed, the Earth is estimated to have between two to ten million species. Nothing of this would be possible if its ecosystem were not adapted for the evolution of bacteria. However, in recent decades, our society has realized that our actions have negative consequences on the ozone layer. The constant pollution of the air causes climatic changes, which are increasingly felt during the heat waves or the prolongation of the winter period.…
Thesis: Our energy comes predominantly from fossil fuels because of it’s supposed inexpensiveness. However, the cost of fossil fuels in terms of human lives is often ignored. Nuclear power, on the other hand, is a much safer alternative because it results in fewer deaths per unit of energy produced than coal and natural gas. By comparing their outputs in terms of energy produced per unit of fuel consumed, and comparing that with the amount of byproducts produced as well as the amount of deaths associated with both energy sources we can analyse their relative harmfulness.…
The consumption of oil is also increasing. Today 1.4 million barrels…
Oil Spills and How They Affect The Environment Oil spills, no matter how small or large, effect the worlds environment by their destroying and poisoning any habitat they come in contact with, mainly the water though. These spills can be devastating because they disrupt what we know as the food chain. The food chain starts with producers who are ate by small animals which are ate by larger and larger animals until the top predator is reached, humans. Oddly enough, humans are the main reason the food chain is being destroyed. In our fight to reach economic prosperity we rarely take in consideration the environment, which is partially what life is based on.…