A Day Without Electricity Essay

There’s no such thing as a perfect day. For me, though, there’s a few days that came especially close. In the summer of 2016 I went to Jamaica with my youth group. In Jamaica we stayed at a school for the deaf with a group from Pennsylvania. We did a variety of different projects throughout the week. Most of our time was consumed with mixing, passing, and pouring concrete for areas around the school. A lot of people in my group would say that although this was the most labor-intensive work, it…

pre-industrial; and most people lived without basic amenities like electricity and a municipal water supply. Therefore it was not to be expected that doctor from such a backward area would say that a lab result could be wrong. Given my grandfather’s young age and contradictory symptoms he urged a repeat of the test. The doctor from Umerkot was right! The results came back negative this time. Not only was my grandfather able to live longer, but he lived without ever having any surgery. Indeed the…

One of Man’s strongest instincts is that to protect and provide for himself. In doing so however, he has created nuclear weapons and energy. From experiments with radium in the late 1800s, to the creation of weapons of mass destruction during World War Two and finally the more recent disasters from nuclear power plant meltdowns. Man has started out with good intentions, but in so doing, he may have doomed himself. In 1896, radioactivity was discovered by Henri Becquerel (Nobelprize.org). Upon…

Although the coal was essential for transportation and trades, the result was drastic. “In the Great Smog of 1952, pollutants from factories and home fireplaces mixed with air condensation killed at least 4,000 people in London over the course of several days” (History.com). The diseases began to spread rapidly, resulting from deadly smog and soot from trains and factories. Water pollution became more contaminated during the Industrial Revolution. Rivers that passed through urban areas became a…

Most people do not think about what they are breathing in every day they’re outside. Chances are you did not realize you are breathing in carbon monoxide, a clear gas that blocks oxygen to the brain and can kill a human. With over 1 billion cars on the road every day, the impacts on breathing are astronomical. Millions of Americans everyday breathe in the toxic gas that is emitted from the tailpipes of cars, planes, trucks, buses etc. And slowly it is taking its toll, causing diseases,…

chemical makeup can cause the temperature of the earth to rise and cause a disruption in ecosystems. To add to the negative effects, trees were being cut down in very large sums to supply wood for burning and building. Forests help emit oxygen, so without them, the harsh chemicals in the air could not be compensated with clean…

Shea 5 With bioprinted organs, living to 110 won 't be anything like living to that age today," contends Jack Uldrich, a technology trend expert. "We 're already printing skin, kidneys, a replica of a beating human heart. If a person loses a limb, we 'll be able to print, layer by layer, a replacement. It 's theoretically possible."(CNBC News) Another way in which creation through technology can be used is in the use of programing and coding to create even more technology. A quote that supports…

• Developing countries are trying to find ways of producing clean, affordable electricity for their growing populations. One of the most effective ways to do this is to use hydroelectricity, which produces immense amounts of electricity by using power generated by falling water. While this can be an excellent form of renewable energy, they clear land in the Amazon rainforest to build these machines. How we…

etc., to invent useful things or to solve problems (Merriam-Webster Online, 2016), surrounds our every movement throughout the day. For example, people use electricity to light their home as they get ready for the day, they drive their cars to work, and brew themselves a cup of coffee with a coffee maker. Although these are all common, routine tasks people perform every day, there was in fact a time when none of these devices existed. Technology has created millions of jobs and simplified our…

The circumstance although not serving as a role model, served as a model of what I did want for myself. It provided me with impetus to work hard in hopes of escaping that life one day. My brother served as a great source of motivation. He and I experienced the same things growing up and chose different paths. I am attending university and he is currently incarcerated. While I used our circumstance as motivation, he had fallen victim…