Fuels

the difference in what a person can do to help sustain life on Earth and how to take care of our planet better. Renewable energy sources mostly come from the sun (solar energy) and then using solar panels to absorb that energy to create electricity, fuel, and heat. There are other sources too, like wind and hydro energy that can be generated through windmills and dams. “Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” is that saying we hear many times these days. It is becoming a habit of exactly doing what it says.…

The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Nuclear Energy is a book that presents a definitively anti-fossil fuels stance on renewable energy written by Lester Brown, a lauded environmental scientist with more than 50 years of experience in the field of renewable energy who is certainly qualified to write about the topic. In the first half of the book, he discusses why society should phase out usage of fossil fuels, especially coal, as quickly as possible in order to prevent…

since it leaves fuels (leaf litter and fallen branches), which can start an wildfire bigger and more extreme than the previous one that occurred. Sometimes, we need to prevent them from starting again, and this is by prescribed fires, or fires deliberately started. While this might seem ludicrous, like some people might think, it can actually do good for both us and the environment. These are the reasons why. As I said before, simply expunging a wildfire after it starts can leave fuels, such…

1940’s; it involves drilling a vertical well into a layer of shell and pumping chemically treated water and sand at extremely high pressure to fracture the rock and extract natural gas, a non-renewable fossil fuel used as a source of energy for heating, cooking, electricity generation, and as fuel for vehicles. Natural gas, mainly methane (CH4), is thought to be a relatively clean burning…

extremely well organized as it had many groups of scholars, scientists and organizations working together to keep to the movement going. The oil industry in particular supported the countermovement as these companies rely solely on the use of fossil fuels to make profit. With the countermovement they were able to misinform people about climate change in order to protect their income. For example, according to ucsusa.org, “The American Enterprise Institute (AEI)…

Equilibrium Paper There are multiple ingredients used to make baked goods rise; baking powder and baking soda are among them. The difference between single and double-acting baking powders is simple. Single-acting releases the carbon dioxide bubbles when mixed with a liquid ingredient and double-acting soda releases bubbles when the baked item is placed in heat. Baking soda and baking powder are remarkably similar, yet there are distinct differences. One is that baking soda is a strong base,…

effective and least harmful way possible. Our current reliance on fossil fuels is hindering us from this and needs to end. Renewable energy is the way of the future and should be held more valuable. In particular, solar energy is the cleanest and most abundant renewable energy resource we currently have available to us in the United States. There needs to be programs and regulations put into place that can help wean us off fossil fuels and push us into the future with solar energy. The United…

climate change. Are the changes in temperature just a natural swing or does the problem stem from the irresponsible interactions of human beings with our environment? In my mind, the changing climate is undoubtedly caused by human activities. Fossil fuel burning, mining, deforestation, fertilizing, and landfills are only a few human influences on climate change. These human activities result in the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, these gasses then trap heat in the atmosphere…

anywhere. Electric cars require electricity to operate but has a big cost advantage over vehicles powered by gasoline engines. Seeing the obvious efficiency that electric vehicles have over internal combustion models, the cost per mile of electricity to fuel is approximately one to three. And because electric vehicles do not have exhaust systems and don’t need oil changes, maintenance costs are lower (Berman, 2016). The impact that electric vehicles would have on business would be nothing less…

Protecting our homes and our families is our responsibility. Perhaps, we humans are still not aware of the bigger responsibility that we have on our shoulders. Being able to afford a place for living and taking care of it is our ultimate responsibility. But without planet earth everything is useless. We have forgotten resources for future generations and the consequences of this have resulted in global warming. There are numerous solutions to global warming such as, investing in geothermal…