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influenced our dependence on fossil fuels. Massive consumption of oil, coal, and gas drastically transformed our settlements into powerhouses for further progression. We now have electricity for lighting, gasoline for transportation, and coal for power sources. However, fossil fuels are being consumed at a rate faster than we can recover. The only possible key is to achieve a more balanced energy mix between mass burning of fossil fuels and clean renewable energy. In this research paper, I have…

2006 when Ale Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ shed some light on the environmental impacts of using fossil fuels as opposed to green energy. However, our past was actually filled with green energy, “Californians were entranced by the potential of wave power in the early 1900s, and solar water heaters used to be common in the early 1900s” (Walsh). Much of this was then switched over to fossil fuel energy because of how cheap it used to be. But times have changed, and as we quickly use up our…

As humanity has grown and expanded we have had an incredible, and arguably, irreversible effect on our biosphere. Between our intense levels of energy consumption and the pollution as a result of that use we are stretching the planet’s ability to correct itself it the limit. The Earth goes through different stages naturally, but the human race is torn between wanting to stop it, thereby keeping with what we know, and wanting to allow the Earth to right our wrongs. We are moving towards finding…

The United States government runs under a system know as federalism, this is where the “checks and balances” comes from. The purpose of this is to prevent one branch of government from having to much power, for example the Executive branch can veto bills from the Legislative branch, although the Legislative branch can override the veto. This process has a purpose but has lead to more problems than it has fixed literally. Federalism prevents the formation…

temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely* due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations” (Solomon) and the IPCC considers very likely to mean more than 90% occurrence (Solomon). In recent years, sustainable power has become a major concern as…

Green electricity generation climbed by more than 8 percent overall in 2013, to produce around 22 percent of all global power production. Total global installed green energy electricity capacity reached a staggering 1,560 GW in 2013. China, USA, Brazil, Canada, and Germany are the top five countries for total installed green energy capacity. Excluding hydro, the top three…

acquisition can be undergone for many different reasons and could result in many different outcomes. Recent Acquisitions General Electric (GE) is well known for its acquisitions. Within the last two years GE has formed acquisitions with Alstom Power and Grid and API Healthcare.…

Environmental Quality as a Social Problem When we speak of environmental quality, we are speaking about the quality of our total environment, not just the natural environment. “Environmental quality is the measure of the health of that environment itself (including the plants and animals it supports), and of the effects it has on the health, comfort, and psychological state of the people that inhabit it.” We all agree that the environment people live in has a noticeable effect on their health,…

Reef, we must recognize a cause for these issues. Many are quick to point fingers at fossil fuels, which are currently our main source of energy. These people demand a switch to alternative energy options, such as biofuels, solar, nuclear energy, and wind energy. Supporters of alternative energy believe that these new methods will solve many problems at once; New alternatives will be more sustainable and less destructive to our plant and boost our economy be create new job fields. They also…

of the 20th century remained unchanged. The goal was to build out the grid and power system as a regulated monopoly to achieve…