sustainable energy (Tesla Inc. 2016). Initially, Tesla’s mission statement focused on acceleration to ‘sustainable transport’ but the updated mission statement mission statement to ‘sustainable energy’ implies the shift in the organization’s business to a new direction, addressing renewable energy opportunities in the market (Hines 2016). Tesla’s mission statement can be broken down into three simple components: sustainable energy, acceleration and world’s transition. The ‘sustainable energy’…
South Australia encountered many challenges in its environmental planning over decades due to natural causes, such as: geographical position and climate, and anthropogenic disturbance originated from: urbanization, industrialization, and transportation. There are three key environmental issues that remain vital to be anticipated by the state’s planners for at least the next five years, they are: 1. WATER SECURITY ISSUE Drivers: a. Climate Change Chartres and Williams (2006) explain that, based…
all around the world, people nowadays prefer something that is environmental, healthy, recycle and less pollution, that is why Green Design become so popular in this day and age. Green design can be defined as the ‘creation of buildings which are energy-efficient healthy, eco-friendly, comfortable, flexible in use and designed for long life’. Besides, Green design should have the least impact for the environment, both in terms of products and materials used in the construction but…
we can move to a more sustainable economy. Using fiscal and regulatory policies, governments can provide tax subsidies to corporations as incentives to move to renewable sources, tax products so they can reflect their environmental and human harm, – i.e. cigarettes – give tax breaks to individuals that use renewable sources of energy, (i.e. solar and wind power) and regulating coal and oil industries. Fiscal policies are powerful tools to entice people to support sustainable developments. These…
national and local developments that have been implemented since the introduction of sustainable development to the political arena. In Germany, the renewable energy sector is booming, with plans to transition to ‘a nuclear-free and low-carbon energy system’. Japan too has demonstrated preference for a transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear energy, although whether this policy will actually be implemented is questionable. Another promising development has been China’s recent issuing of…
With all the research that I found about wind turbines I know now what all the side effects of these low frequency sound waves are and what they can do to one’s health. When searching for news articles on wind energy I came across a lot of positive articles on wind energy and how it can greatly benefit our nation and our world, but seemed to not come across to much of the downside of wind turbines and the potential hazards they have on our health and even the environment. It wasn’t until…
If this is true, then this means that we have only twenty years to try and reverse the effects of global warming. The only way to productively save the planet from global warming is to immediately stop burning fossil fuels and invest in clean renewable energy. “People get confused about this issue, but the facts are crystal clear – the ice is melting, the Earth is warming, the sea level is rising – those are facts.”(Sellers) Debating whether global warming is real or not is like debating if the…
reestablished as a major competitor to most forms of fuels we use today. With its low cost, small size, and high output, this makes the wind turbine quite a competitor compared to fossil fuels and other harmful energy harnessing methods. And with carbon emissions peaking in the last decade, the need for new energy conversions is at an all-time high. Although the…
Imagine, just for a second, the Earth without any people. Just let you imagination create this beautiful place where all creature are at its naturally given place. Don’t be selfish! Just imagine it and you can go back to being self-centered and ungrateful in a second. Imagine the perfect tranquility in a chaotic, natural sequence of events. Imagine standing in the middle of the rainforest and looking at world through a tiny drop of dew that’s sitting on the patal of an orchid. Perfect,right?…
Americans. The food policy concerns how food is produced, processed, distributed, and purchased. The inefficient, yet cheap energy (fossil fuels) that the food policy relies heavily on is dwindling down and will eventually disappear, leaving the food policy vulnerable to failure. However, there are some courses that the government can take in renewable energy when that cheap energy is used up. Because of our agriculture techniques he food policy is also having a negative effect on the health of…