O’Brochta,William. "A Personal View on Why Alternative Energy Needs to be Pursued." E-mail interview. 23 Sept. 2015. The interview conducted was to get an individual, William O’Brocha’s, personal opinion on introducing alternative energy. The questions are aimed at his opinions toward the subject and raises questions about controversial topics within the subject. He discusses what alternative energies would be most efficient, the positive effects of them, as well as the negative effects produced by the traditional way of producing energy. He gives answers from his own experiences through helping around campus and his counter to arguments against alternative energy. During his time at Hendrix College, William O'Brochta has been involved
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He claims that, “we must focus our emphasis on finding alternative energy sources, making them cheaper and more efficient, and converting ourselves off of fossil fuels as quickly as possible.” This will provide a sound point by displaying a view by an individual that works to help the Earth as well as his views on what the community should do together to promote alternative energies . He continues to say that even if this goal was achieved, the problem of climate change would still be an issue and the only way to truly stop it is to change the behavior of humans, which will support the idea that the cost of producing other sources of energy will outway the benefits, he states that the costs will indeed be expensive. However, the costs of still using oil in people’s everyday lives will have a greater effect on the world as a whole. He concludes that “ We cannot even foresee the future costs of climate change”, and that “the true cost of oil is astronomical.” O’Brochta also touches on the economic effect of new energy sources saying the number of jobs will be huge and lists the everyday negative effects of using oil, such as,“Climate change, greenhouse gasses, disruption of habitat, and rising sea levels.” These statements and opinions will help prove why using alternative sources of energy as soon as possible is extremely
He claims that, “we must focus our emphasis on finding alternative energy sources, making them cheaper and more efficient, and converting ourselves off of fossil fuels as quickly as possible.” This will provide a sound point by displaying a view by an individual that works to help the Earth as well as his views on what the community should do together to promote alternative energies . He continues to say that even if this goal was achieved, the problem of climate change would still be an issue and the only way to truly stop it is to change the behavior of humans, which will support the idea that the cost of producing other sources of energy will outway the benefits, he states that the costs will indeed be expensive. However, the costs of still using oil in people’s everyday lives will have a greater effect on the world as a whole. He concludes that “ We cannot even foresee the future costs of climate change”, and that “the true cost of oil is astronomical.” O’Brochta also touches on the economic effect of new energy sources saying the number of jobs will be huge and lists the everyday negative effects of using oil, such as,“Climate change, greenhouse gasses, disruption of habitat, and rising sea levels.” These statements and opinions will help prove why using alternative sources of energy as soon as possible is extremely