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Conventional energy sources based on natural gas and oil has to be proven highly effective drivers of economic progress, but the same time damaging to human health and environment. They are cyclic in nature, due to the effects of oligopoly in production and distribution. A transition to renewables-based energy system is looking increasingly as the cost of solar and wind have dropped substantially in the past few years, and continue to decline, while the price of oil and gas continuously vary. In fact, fossil fuels and renewables prices, social and environmental costs are heading in opposite directions. Renewable energy sources currently supply somewhere about 15 percent to 20 percent of the world’s total energy demand (Herzorg, n.d.).The numbers shows that the total proved reserves of all fossil fuels is approximately 1.4% of total solar energy. …show more content…

It is preferred to other source of energy. This is so because that it is abundant, inexhaustible, non-polluting, cheap and environmental friendly. The earth receives about 4,000 trillion kWh amount of energy every day in the form of the electromagnetic radiations from the sun (Maheshwari, 2014). The use of solar energy is quite feasible in tropics, where at least six hours of sunshine received at every day at about 500-800W/m2 of average solar intensity radiation (Maheshwari, 2014). The total energy reaches to the earth surface per year is 5.46 1024 J. Not all solar radiations falls on earth’s atmosphere reaches the ground. Around 30% of solar radiation reflected into the space. 20% of solar radiation is absorbed by clouds and molecules in the air. About three quarter of earth surface is water. However, even if only 10% of solar radiation is utilizable, 0.1% of it can power the entire

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They are two crucial aspects to the topic of energy, but are not included by the UN. A determinant reason that millions of people across the globe have to resort to biomass to cook is that the cost associated with modern energy makes it less accessible (Birol, p.1). This unfortunate situation is due to many reasons. A key reason is that many of the resources required to install energy plants are disproportionally controlled by a few geopolitical actors. This causes large fluctuations on the commodity prices all over the globe, making not only modern energy, but also other basic human development targets, such as shelters and transportations less attainable (Regnier, p.2).

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Another benefit from switching to clean-burning natural gas is a decrease in pollutants in the air, which will decrease airborne illnesses and premature deaths. He discusses the impact of energy independence for countries that rely on insecure regions for their energy needs. For example, the U.S. will rely less on the Middle East, Europe will rely less on Russia and India will rely less on Iran. By presenting fracking as the answer to the world’s problems, Pierce counters the arguments of critics who cite the environmental problems of fracking. His paper is one-sided because he leaves out the other side of the debate by ignoring any negative aspects of fracking.

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It is fair to say that most would not want to live in a world without electricity, but if society cannot agree on an energy to use, this imaginary world could become a very real way of life. “Citizens and community members everywhere are seeking smart solutions to our biggest problem - the ecological collapse” (“Top 10 Pros and Cons” 1). The United States’ economy has been fueled by fossil fuels since the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s. Then, the early 1900s introduced a new, versatile source, oil. Through the 1950s, most Americans viewed rapid economic growth and high consumer spending as positive trends but this prosperity was fouling air and water and damaging natural resources.

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For sheer audacity, nothing beats Kennedy's speech to “...land a man on the moon and bring him safely back to the earth.” He could have said, “We will make the biggest pizza pie the world has ever seen and have every American eat a slice with the Soviet Union watching on live TV,” but that wouldn't have fired up quite the same fires of passion and imagination, or unleashed the tremendous wave of innovation the moonshot did. Looking back, the amazing thing is not accomplishing the safe return a moon landing, but that the nation allowed President Kennedy to make such a commitment. Today a U.S. President must fight with everything he's got, to do much less ambitious things than a moon shot —gun laws and health care. When he gave the “We choose to go to The moon” speech Kennedy said this, “We choose to go to the Moon! ...

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At the moment, the United States electrical production accounts for one-third of the nation's global emissions (“Renewable Energy Can Provide 80 Percent of U.S. Electricity by 2050”). Coal alone is twenty-five percent of that, and natural gas is another six percent (“Renewable Energy Can Provide 80 Percent of U.S. Electricity by 2050”). This beautiful country should be reserved for the future generations to come. Transferring the focus to renewable energy could cut down energy emissions down 81% by 2050 if only 80% of the energy creation was renewable (“Renewable Energy Can Provide 80 Percent of U.S. Electricity by 2050”). The carbon emissions would be reduced by an astonishing 80% (“Renewable Energy Can Provide 80 Percent of U.S. Electricity by 2050”).

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Climate change and global warming are two issues that have been increasingly recognized by the public as a threat to the environment and to social well-being since the latter half of the twentieth century. Scientists have done research predicting that the use of alternative energy, rather than the use of fossil fuel emitting energy sources, can have a positive effect on the environment. They have the potential to reduce or slow global warming threats to the environment. Several different types of alternative, environmentally friendly energy sources have been introduced including wind, solar, geothermal and biomass. The federal government has contributed to the promotion of alternative energy sources, notably with President Obama’s Climate Action

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“Renewable energy resources that is naturally regenerated over a short time scale and derived directly from the sun, indirectly from the sun or from other natural movement and mechanisms of the environment. Renewable energy does not include energy resources derived from fossil fuels, waste product from fossil sources, or waste products from inorganic sources.” There are a few types of renewable energy sources. 1) Wind Energy 2) Biomass 3)

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