Jacob Rodriguez Prof. Rauschkolb ENGLISH 101 1:00 20APR2017 Coal or Not to Coal. Driving your car, plastic water bottles and almost everything you touch every day is a byproduct of fossil fuels. They give us wonderful and unique properties to our regular items which can extend their life span (or sometimes shorten it). If only we had a way to maintain that lifestyle forever, that would be great, right? Well, we cannot. Since it is all a limited supply nonrenewable resource. As much as I like my cellphones 3rd,4th, 5th generation edition iPhone plus max, I much rather have plentiful food, water, and energy for all to increase quality of life for all. Finding a safe cost-effective long term solution to fossil fuels such as wind and solar is key …show more content…
“Fossil fuel: An energy source formed in the Earth's crust from decayed organic material. The common fossil fuels are petroleum, coal, and natural gas.” Coal is a job provider, gives back to the community with its minimal monetary investments (while also dumping toxins into rivers and air). Jobs are wanted for this industry but just like every job now, automation or further advances in technology has created a skeleton crew to run most operations. The job aspect is fleeting. Coal provides most power for the U.S. per U.S. Energy Information Agency. For California 46% of energy used for energy comes from oil. While majority of states such as Alabama (41%), Kentucky (52%), Montana (45%) and more provide energy for its citizens via coal burning plants. Very high use of a non-renewable …show more content…
I would love to have cheaper energy and take my lumps now as a dutiful citizen to have a more prosperous future of having a possibility of a renewable energy source. The National Center for Policy Analysis which is a non-profit public policy research institute said in their report titled Alternative Energy Overview: "Just as incentives exist for cutting energy usage and demand, they also exist for increasing production in alternative energy to replace fossil fuels. First, the U.S. government gives tax credits to consumers to buy cars that run off alternative energy and to install devices that generate renewable electricity. For instance, through 2010 the EPAct 2005 [Energy Policy Act of 2005] is offering a tax credit of up to $3,400 to individuals who purchase a car powered by electricity, hydrogen, and biofuels. Government subsidies also encourage the production of alternative biofuels like ethanol, biodiesel, and methanol." So, the government gives free money already to the already rich fossil fuel industry, but puts little impact on the long term of our nation. Investing in coal, petroleum for plastics and basic oils is what was will need for a longtime but not having policies in place to really encourage companies to