Peak water

The United States has been dependent on non-renewable fuel sources for many years. Ever since the advent of the coal powered steam engines and the internal combustion engine, fuels such as coal and oil have governed the lives and economy of the majority of Americans. These non-renewable fuels release large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere which add to greenhouse gases. These greenhouse gases lead to climate change and many other detrimental effects. According to the IPCC “Most of…

Torpedo”. A long rod shaped self- propelled underwater missile was packed into an iron case with 15-20 pounds of powder (Manfreda J.). Underground the case was placed right above the oil reserve, the wire on land was connected, the bomb blew, and water was added to flood the borehole. His invention increased the production of oil by 1200% (Manfreda J.). In the 1930’s the explosive substance was replaced with a non-explosive acid that prevented the closing of the openings…

The problems associated with the use of fossil fuels as the worlds primary source of energy will have to be addressed sometime during my life time. Fossil fuels are not only very limited, the impact that this energy source is having on the environment will force the entire world to change our way of life. The primary byproduct of the use of oil is CO2, this release of CO2 into the atmosphere is causing what we know as global warming. As the levels of CO2 in our atmosphere increases heat that…

“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy to wait until oil and coal run out, before we tackle that” (Thomas Edison). Coal was developed in the mid 19 century, since then all used energy was renewable. The United States designed a graph of energy use up until 1990. It shows how gas, oil, and natural gas had the same importance in 1900 as played by solar and wind in 2010. In 1873, experiments with solar energy began to happen because the concerns of running out of coal were brought up. During…

Ideologies in the Mirror According to the political compass test we were assigned to take, I am a left libertarian; both my economic and social beliefs fell left of the scale. Given what I know about ideologies thus far, I 'm not surprised by these results. I 've often tended to side with more liberal sides of debates and have taken a few of these tests before in previous history classes. Whenever I do take tests like these, I often reflect back on why I hold the views that I do. Most of these…

In the summer of 2015 my family and I finally went on our first vacation in years. My mother and sister wanted to go to the ocean, and see the beaches, while my father and I wanted to go someplace completely different from Kansas, somewhere that wasn’t flat, dull, and filled with farm fields and plains, but somewhere exiting and new that isn’t anything like the place where spent our entire lives. We wanted to go to Colorado Springs, and so we did. When we arrived at our destination, it made…

exposed to modern energy services would decrease the number of economic and social problems. For instance, the availability to sufficient modern energy service will increase human development; starting with education, health, clean environment, drinking water, enterprises, transportation, lighting, heating, cooking, mechanical power for agriculture, and grinding/milling. The correlation between these factors and human development were critiqued in a chart, which I thought was appropriate as it…

Discuss the relationship between energy and society. The principle question to ask when examining the relationship between energy and society is whether society drive changes in energy or energy stimulates societal change. The most common answer is that as society innovates and grows more forms of energy are harnessed and so our use of energy changes. However, at a more fundamental level, every major change in human history has been caused by the availability of energy in its various forms. The…

In the contemporary times, there is a great concern and discussion about the source of energy used and the impact that they have on the environment. The concept of sustainability has also been raised in the course of such discussions where experts and analysts try to enhance the ability of future generations to live and exists without any challenge that might result from the present generation as a result of using the available resources including energy. Also, there is increased concern…

a suburban town that consists of seven hamlets: North and South Bethlehem, Elsmere, Slingerlands, Delmar, Glenmont, and Selkirk. Bethlehem is a total of 49.6 square miles. 48.8 of those square miles consist of land, and .8 square miles consists or water. Bethlehem is right outside of Albany, the state’s capital. Bethlehem also borders with the towns Guilderland, New Scotland, and Coeymans. Bethlehem and its surrounding towns are all relatively flat, with a few hills dispersed throughout.…