Hydropower

“The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that about 11% of world marketed energy consumption is from renewable energy sources” (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2014). Renewable energy is often referred to as green because it is a strong for the environment, or so we think. Media covers a wide variety of global warming and greenhouse gas stories, but nobody seems to have a solution to the problems. This could be in large, because being green is such a vague topic. To…

Many Guatemalans work as miners, farmers, fishers, textile factory workers, manual labor factory workers. Some more fortunate people have normal jobs in businesses or offices, but a large percent of the population has jobs in unsafe circumstances. Many very poor Guatemalan families, even young children, work sorting through the trash dumps to search for certain items like plastics and useful materials that could be salvaged and used again. They do this for extremely low and unfair pay. There…

The United States of America spends more than $200,000 per minute on foreign oil -- $13 million per hour(NRDC). America 's dependence on oil is a threat to its national security and economy. Growing demand and shrinking domestic production means America is importing more and more oil each year to fill its ever growing need for fuel. The United States needs to use new alternative energy sources to to prevent the spending of millions more on foreign oil. Renewable sources such as wind, solar,…

Some of these resources include “Bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, platinum, tin, rare earth elements, uranium, petroleum, hydropower, timber” and many more (“Brazil – facts and stats,” n.d.). Of these resources, the most important include iron ore, crude petroleum, soybeans and raw sugar. Brazil’s tropical climate makes it ideal for agriculture so they are a large producer of…

of nuclear power. Due to the perceived risks, people were skeptical about whether the use of nuclear power was a reasonable option for producing energy. As a result, countries are resorting to renewable sources such as solar power, wind energy, hydropower, etc. It became an alternative to nuclear energy. Despite the nuclear incidents, nuclear power has greatly contributed to the electricity and it should not be destroyed. The two articles stated below demonstrate that there has been much…

The U.S for countless years has worked with engineers and researches to develop multiple sources of renewable energy. Some are considered to be more efficient and inexpensive than others; hydroelectric power being one of them. Hydroelectric power utilizes one of the largest natural resources in the world, water. Although it has a high percentage of efficiency it has its drawbacks. The drawbacks can be environmental, and technical, however, there are a larger number environmental factors that…

With the United States being the second largest contributor of burning fossil fuels in the world, a new source of energy is overdue. About 86% of the country’s types of energy sources originate from fossil fuel consumption and other closely linked greenhouse gases. Some of these emissions include carbon dioxide, methane and other harmful gases. Without an alternate source of energy the atmosphere will continue to trap higher amounts of toxic gases and eventually won’t be capable of providing…

dollars in 20071. Since nearly 60% of Maryland’s power comes from coal, the carbon intensity in Maryland is the 23rd highest in the United States1. With a change in power source, Maryland can increase its rate of only 5% of the energy being made from Hydropower and other renewable energy1. Maryland’s weather is also subject to change with global warming taking its place. There will be an increase in the intensity and frequency of coastline storms1. Accompanied with the intensity of the storms,…

Imagine our future, a prosperous and alluring world covered with green trees and thriving plant life. All the people are amicable and healthy, it is the ideal community. Sadly, this is not a viable opportunity if we continue to ignore the pressing issue of global warming. Global warming is defined as “the gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and other…

Report of Findings and Recommendation Mark Bomgardner Rio E. Cox III Becky Wiederholt Siu "Tiffany" Yeung Park University Executive Summary Our team was a part of the corporate mergers and acquisition (M&A) department, and was assigned the task of identifying two potential acquisition targets. Since our Board is committed to a strategy of horizontal integration, we only looked for possible acquisitions from within our industry. We performed a preliminary analysis of the companies under…