Transitional fossil

Coal power plants are one of the top polluting sources of carbon dioxide in the world, just behind vehicle emissions. The article ‘Coal power: pollution, politics, and profits’ states that the “Negative health effects on the nearby human population, plant life, and wildlife have been hard to quantify precisely and thoroughly, and are generally not included in the cost of coal power to the consumer” (Laskowski). Due to this, the general population is not aware of how destructive this power source…

Green Wind Power Finding a new reliable source of renewable energy is exactly what this generation should be striving for. Fossil fuels are what this world lives off of and in the near future this product will no longer be accessible. According to Shahrair Shanifee “The new formula is modified from the Class model and thus assumes a continuous compound rate and computes fossil fuel reserve depletion times for oil, coal and gas of approximately 35, 107 and 37 years” (Shanifee par. 1). Yes there…

Products & Services Shell Energy is the largest and most innovative oil and gas company that will be around longer than Total, Exxon, Chevron, & BP. The company operates thousands of gas stations across the United States and recently started to research more about alternative energy. Phil Anderson informed us that Shell is very competitive and always has to “reshape the portfolio and back away from heavy Alaskan oil” and move toward integrated gas like British Gas. Shell recently merged with…

This is where the carbon tax comes in. The carbon tax would impose an excise levy on fossil fuels that emit CO2 as a system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. How the carbon tax would work is that it will put a monetary price on the cost of CO2 emissions on our economy. Since the carbon tax is a commodity tax, it would raise the price of…

ourselves with new cleaner sources of energy and the explorations of the natural resources just may help. But is the exploration of natural resources may not be the greatest of solutions for our current environment. Take the world today we run on coal and fossil fuels that damage the earth 's ecosystems put the plant at risk of being uninhabitable. Therefore a need arises to examine alternatives and to look towards ‘greener’ conclusions. The world’s primary energy utilization is made up…

Clean Energy for Chile: Solar Power for a Better Tomorrow Energy is a powerful resource that is used everywhere like in electrical energy that is cultivated daily. Many places in our current generation are running out of energy and are in a deficit of energy just like Chile. There have been players in the field that have attempted to find a solution for the energy problem. Some of them include HidroAysén and International Rivers Network, which through much debate have proven that more Hydropower…

POLLUTION The pollution that is produced through our current energy generation techniques is terrifying. With dangerous pollutants such as mercury, arsenic, lead, and selenium all coming from different forms of coal, how do we prevent these pollutants? As well, one must remember the problem with carbon emissions. Coal is anywhere from 35 to 86% carbon (Fox, 2014). This produces dangerous greenhouse gases that lead to rising ocean currents, ocean acidification, and rising yearly average…

Should the UK move towards wind energy as its primary energy source? As fossil fuels are finite, wind energy is looked at as an alternative source of energy. Wind energy produces renewable energy through the extraction of air flow to create energy. Currently, the UK is the sixth largest producer of wind energy in the world (Global Wind Energy Outlook, 2014), however the questions remains whether the UK should continue to invest in wind power compared to other renewable sources of energy. The…

What is global Warming? Global Warming is the increase of Earth’s average surface temperature due to the effect of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels or deforestation, which trap heat that wouldn’t stay on the Earth otherwise. This is a really big issue for the planet because it’s said that by the time a baby born today is 80 years old, the world will be 6 and a half degrees warmer than it is now. Main causes of climate change (human) People are constantly adding…

Technology makes our lives easier but hurts the environment. When innovators create technology, many people use these products, which negatively impacts society. When people use more electricity than they need to, the vast amount of electricity being used affects the pollution and the environment, like when a computer is on for too long, it can burn out or slow down, which is expensive to fix. Old technologies have been hurting the environment. We use so much technology; it has negatively…