Petroleum industry

Coal is one of the primary energy sources in the United States. The US Energy Information Agency reported in 2009 that coal counts for 23% of the total energy use in the US. However coals is a finite resource,harmful to the environment and also affects human lives. Scientists predict that supply of coal will deplete in a century and the use of coal is harmful to the environment in that the mining of coal degrades land, it pollutes air, causes heating of lakes and rivers, and causes health issues…

In a report published in 2012 by the American Chemical Society (ACS), a global dramatic increase in the natural gas industry will result due to an increase in shale gas production in the U.S., meaning: “Chemical companies from around the world have announced plans for a significant number of new projects to build and expand their shale-advantaged capacity in the United…

Although this video is slightly outdated, it still represents relevant information regarding our health and right to drinking water. I found the video's initial claim that by 2030 two-thirds of America's population would not have sufficient access to water quite startling because I think most people take drinking water for granted. Additionally, I do not think cases like these presented in this video are shown on television or the news as often as they should be. I believe the reason for this is…

In 1912, an Organic Act renamed the District of Alaska, the Territory of Alaska, which allowed Alaska to be represented in the federal government via a congressional delegate. The territory of Alaska lasted from August of 1912 to January of 1959, when it was admitted into the Union as a US state. Purchased from the Russian Empire on March 30th, 1867 for more than 7 million USD, Alaska was a part of the Russian American colonial possessions, which endured from 1733 to 1867. Before Europeans…

Once upon a time there was a large ship and then it disappeared. That ship was in the Bermuda triangle, it’s a large area stretching from Puerto Ricco to an island called Bermuda and then all the way to Miami Florida. In the Bermuda triangle many ships disappear without a trace. Even though there are several theories to prove the disappearances, like methane gas, submerged energy spheres, or a secret government the Bermuda triangle is still a mystery, and a very mysterious mystery at that. The…

If the explosive goes off along the way, the TCV will "catch all of the primary fragmentation, and [the explosive will] not harm anyone in the immediate area," Haber told Live Science. For instance, after police found the unexploded charge in New York on Saturday, they used a robot to examine and then load the bomb into a TCV, according to The New York Times. Then, they drove the TCV, which was attached to a police vehicle, to a police facility in the Bronx, the Times reported. Most TCVs have…

Powering Future Cars The effect of bio-fuels on the planet and the inability of manufacturers to produce electric cars in large scale has ushered in a race for a more efficient and effective fuel for future cars. Hydrogen is one such fuel that fits the bill. The automobile powered by hydrogen fuel cells are the cars of the future. There are many advantages associated with the use of hydrogen to power automobiles. With the perfect technological breakthrough that will enable man to store large…

The ability to combat fires and to suppress fires, a fire fighting agent had to be developed to lower the heat within the fire and to subdue the cause, avoiding oxygen to be in contact with the source. In 1902, Aleksandr Loran, a chemist and engineer from Russia invented a foam fighting or fires. ("Army Safety Program," 2013). Proxies that generate high expansion foams consume an enormous area expansion ratio. High expansion foams are appropriate for sealed off capacities for instance, large…

The Arctic. The last available source of untapped wealth in the form of natural resources Earth has to offer, and every country who can lay claim to it will try. The diminishing ice surrounding the North Pole means that it is now open to exploration and geological mapping to countries with an Arctic border, such as Canada, Denmark, Russia, Norway, and the United States. Every one of these countries are beginning to establish a presence in the Arctic (Smith, 2010, p. 651-652) due to the U.S.…

Although some may say that offshore oil drilling is worth the mass amount of environmental destruction, it is actually true that the costs deeply outweigh the benefits, because while oil production may slightly help the country’s economy, it damages the planet we live on, resulting in the death of marine life, climate change, and a lowered quality of life due to oil related health complications. When a proponent for offshore drilling looks at an offshore drilling rig, they only see money, when…