World energy resources and consumption

children. In the case of humanity, not only does a generation leave behind its culture, but also the state of the Earth. Over the past 50 years, there has been a significant increase in the consumption of natural resources. In addition to the depletion of fossil fuels and natural gas, this increased consumption is damaging the planet; the increased carbon dioxide levels has caused the destruction of the ozone layer, and its level of protection to the surface of Earth. More of the sun’s dangerous…

What is Nuclear energy In the terms of theoretical physics energy is the ability to do work. You apply force and you get displacement. In a more practical world energy is heat, electricity, light etc. Per the theory of thermodynamics; energy is never destroyed it is changes form. I.e. heat/thermal energy converts to mechanical energy to move a car, nuclear energy to electric energy. Two major energy sources that the civilization requires now-a-days are, electricity and heat. Sun, the source of…

Energy security is a global issue. It can be defined as “The uninterrupted availability of energy sources at an affordable price” (Chester, 2010). Energy security is not limited to the mere availability of the energy resources, it is rather linked with the national security of any country. If a country has energy resources to serve the need of its citizens, it means country has more sustained and long term energy security for the technological as well as economic development. Energy security…

around the world as one of the most popular energy sources. It is used in multiple different ways such as, most of the energy used in the United States and used in large quantities in factories to run machines (.orrg). Though coal is used in everyday life without even being known most of the time, it doesn’t mean that it will always be around. Coal is known are a nonrenewable source, which an energy source that once it is depleted it will take thousands of years to rebuild because the…

These industrialized countries emit far more carbon than the rest of the world. The United States, for example, makes up only 4% of the world’s population, but accounts for over 25% of carbon emissions (Report 5). This raises a number of alarming questions: how can we attempt to promote clean energy in Sub-Saharan Africa, if we are unable to solve the emissions crisis at home? It is fairly common knowledge that in the United States, an…

The world weather as you know it is becoming unstable. The winters lasting longer than they should, summers being extremely hot, odd weather patterns these are all because the ozone layer is disappearing from us using fossil fuels as power sources. There are ways to preserve the part of the ozone layer we have left and that is to use sustainable energy sources. There are many ways of sustainable energy: solar, thermal, wave, water, and more. Some of the sustainable energies produce greenhouse…

required inputs of energy, waste output of heat, air pollution CO2, methane, and water pollution (A Sustainable City). In a world where society needs to be in constant motion to thrive, energy outputs are high and this equals pollution. There are some cities out there that have decided to look at the idea of reducing their energy outputs or find more efficient ways to create energy. These cities are called: sustainable cities. They are self-sufficient with their usage of energy and attempt to…

1 20 October, 2016 Nuclear Energy vs. Renewable Energy Is Nuclear energy the solution for our future or is it the catalyst to the end of it? In our modern world we rely on two types of energy to fuel our technology: Nuclear energy, and Renewable energy. Nuclear energy produces energy from atoms, there are two ways to produce energy: nuclear fusion and nuclear fission. In nuclear fusion, two atoms are fused together forming a larger one, and in the process heat energy is created. In the other…

oil, gas, and coal have been burned as a source of energy for many years, but are they safe and lasting? Renewable energy, on the other hand, has been around for centuries. From the water wheels and mills of the Middle Ages to the photoelectric effect in solar panels of the early 1900’s, renewable energy is constantly being renovated and improved upon. Due to fossil fuels’ negative effects on the environment and lack of supply, renewable energy should be used in substitute. When fossil fuels…

underpriced fossil fuels' propensity for encouraging overconsumption may also bear wider, deleterious consequences for society. By bestowing upon the rich cheap fossil fuels, energy subsidies may…