Bituminous coal

In the next 35 years, global electricity demand is estimated to have increased by a factor of 2.5, and at the same time the world faces environmental threats caused by polluting emissions. Nuclear energy presents the opportunity to meet a great deal of the predicted increase in electricity demand, in combination with a reduction of the polluting emissions (Salvatores 1). The use of these nuclear plants rests with the people if we look back at why production of these plants stopped the people had…

Coal mining and Nuclear energy is a battle of the ages in that one way of energy is the “old” way and the other, the “new and progressive” choice. Based on the criteria of transporting, risks, and environmental destruction, nuclear energy would take the crown. Transporting coal is a more severe issue than nuclear power rods, as it is a more common occurrence and tends to be more expensive and “dirtier” for the environment. Common ways of transportation for coal include the Great Lakes,…

purchase renewable electricity generators because they can be paid off within a reasonable amount of time, and contribute to the power grid’s stability by dispersing electricity generation, instead of having it all come from one central nuclear or coal-fired power plant (Lang). In fact, due to these progressive laws known as feed-in tariffs, Germany kick-started the solar industry by creating demand for solar panels and depressing the price of global solar once Chinese manufacturers jumped in to…

Coal power plants are one of the top polluting sources of carbon dioxide in the world, just behind vehicle emissions. The article ‘Coal power: pollution, politics, and profits’ states that the “Negative health effects on the nearby human population, plant life, and wildlife have been hard to quantify precisely and thoroughly, and are generally not included in the cost of coal power to the consumer” (Laskowski). Due to this, the general population is not aware of how destructive this power source…

provide ourselves with new cleaner sources of energy and the explorations of the natural resources just may help. But is the exploration of natural resources may not be the greatest of solutions for our current environment. Take the world today we run on coal and fossil fuels that damage the earth 's ecosystems put the plant at risk of being uninhabitable. Therefore a need arises to examine alternatives and to look towards ‘greener’ conclusions. The world’s primary energy utilization is made up…

Along with the threat of conflict in the Asia-Pacific region owing to access to fresh water is the decline of fertile agricultural land. Agricultural land is not only the source of actual food for the subsistence of the populations from whence it is yielded but also the source of employment and in turn income for a huge proportion of the population in the Asia-Pacific region. There are currently dozens of deals being cut between rich or powerful countries with shortages of fertile land or in…

efficient. “Just one uranium fuel pellet [...] contains the same amount of energy as 17,000 cubic feet of natural gas, 1,780 pounds of coal or 149 gallons of oil.”15 Not only is uranium more efficient, but there is much larger supply of it than there is of natural gases and oil, which are estimated to run out within decades. Although there is still an abundant supply of coal, its supply is likely to decrease at a faster rate than it does presently with the dwindling of other fossil fuels. Many…

Nuclear energy has certainly come a long way since its introduction to the public in 1945. The world stood in shock at the revelation of the destructive capabilities of the two first nuclear weapons “Fat Man” and “Little Boy.” The actual development of nuclear energy began in the 20th century following the discovery of the elements uranium and plutonium. When the bombs were detonated these elements produced enormous sums of energy in the form of both heat and radiation; these hazardous…

I. Introduction One of the most important issues within the field of environmental protection is the issue of discovering a way of properly regulating carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel burning power plants. Carbon dioxide is primarily produced as a byproduct of combustion of fossil fuels in power plants in order to provide heat to turn water into steam, that can drive the turbines that create electricity. According to the Environmental Protection Agency in 2012, humans produced 5,400…

In the words of President Barack Obama “…Science, accumulated and reviewed over decades, tells us that our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind…those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don’t have time to deny it—they’re busy dealing with it.” Global warming is already beginning to alter life on Earth with rising sea levels, poor air quality and increasingly severe climate changes. To help slow global warming, the government should set…