Fuel efficiency

benefits do not outweigh the costs. According to Dr. Jerald L. Schnoor, a distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Iowa, the EPA has been developing new regulations to promote fuel efficiency that would save people thousands of dollars in fuel costs, which would decrease the demand for oil (Schnoor, 3943). Rather than focusing on the potential economic success of the pipeline, we should assess…

authors try to determine whether ethanol, produced from corn grain, and biodiesel, produced from soybeans provide benefits over the petroleum-based fuels they displace. To be a viable alternative to fossil fuels, a biofuel (ethanol or biodiesel) should provide a net energy gain, have superior environmental benefits, be economically competitive with fossil fuels and producible in large quantities without reducing the food security. Both biofuels, ethanol and biodiesel, provide more energy than is…

by the increase of carbon dioxide gases that forms from burning fuels in the atmosphere, is a serious threat to the Earth. As National Renewable Energy Laboratory (2006) statistics show, energy consumption is done principally by buildings in the U.S. This research intends to decrease the percentage of carbon emission by developing zero carbon homes. Berry,S. et. al. (2013) define zero carbon homes as having no need for fossil fuel for heating, cooling, and lighting; being neutral for twelve…

the energy efficiency of the CUC building. This report includes a brief insight into carbon emissions, the greatest contributor to global warming (Wisland, 2016). Methods to improve energy efficiency in other buildings, their effectiveness, and what improvements can be made in the CUC building are included. The investigation collates the total energy consumption value of the building at 5.0x106 kWh per year, thereby giving 6.7x106 pounds CO2 emissions for the building. Energy efficiency and…

Future cities with an industrial base must efficiently use water. Industrial water use can be reduced through using renewable energy sources. Nuclear and fossil fuels use larger amounts of water, for purposes such as cooling, then renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power (“Water and Energy Efficiency by Sectors” 1). Industrial water consumption can also be reduced through the reuse of water. Reclaimed water can be used in cooling towers, boilers, technology manufacturing…

“The Third Industrial Revolution”, as society moved from fossil fuels in the Second Industrial Revolution to renewable energy generation, technologies in sustainable and smart communities. This is why green technology has been implemented which brings innovative ideas to reduce global warming and greenhouse gas effects. 1.2 Definition of…

A lush thriving metropolis, and a dark dank slum. Both of these house humans, but the difference is only one has energy. Energy is fundamental to the way people live their lives. Where energy, and specifically electricity, are available and reliable, homes, businesses, and governments can thrive. But when energy is unreliable, families struggle, businesses go bankrupt, and governments turn to anarchy. Is energy the only difference between these two extremes? No, but few understand how much…

becoming a major focus point as climate change reports are showing staggering statistics on how negatively fossil fuels are effecting the earth’s climate. Per the Government of Canada (2016), human activity has been the number one cause of climate change on earth. The suns intensity and volcanic activity are the only natural causes to climate change today. The burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas, are the leading causes of today’s climate change problems. Renewable energy…

The predominant factors resulting in the warming of the earth are the emissions of CO2 and deforestation. CO2, which damages the ozone layer, comes from several sources, but the most problematic are those coming from the burning of fossil fuels from power plants. Another cause of these emissions is the burning of gasoline for transportation, which continues to increase because of our demand for cars and also our increasing worldwide consumption, resulting in an increasing need to transport…

less space than other power plants since panels can be placed on top of buildings, or used as windows, and will not have any runoff pollution which will help keep the limited freshwater supply much cleaner (Tsuotsos, 2005, p. 291). Limiting fossil fuel pollution will help keep the environment cleaner which will limit the amount of money being spent on pollution clean up, therefore, making solar energy cheaper still since there is less clean…