The loss of energy will come from the electrons passing through any wires, released as heat energy. In a vehicle, power is lost through heat or sound by the spinning of the driveshaft and the wheels on the ground. According to Delucchi and Jacobson (2013) "In a world powered entirely by wind, water, and sunshine, energy could be delivered as reliable as it is today, but at a lower cost than in a
Sources of Energy According to Energy4me (2012), energy is embodied in everything and it comes from various sources and forms. There are two major classes of energy, kinetic and potential. Kinetic energy can be motion, light, heat, and sound, while potential energy can be nuclear, chemical, gravitational, mechanical, and electrical. The forms of energy that I rely on daily are light, heat, and electrical. The light energy that I use comes both from the sun and from electricity.
2. Without light and heat from the Sun, life cannot exist on Earth. 3. The Sun provides light energy and heat energy directly to living
Mitigation Strategies and Solutions Energy Conservation SCI 275 Environmental Science Mitigation Strategies and Solutions Everything in the world uses energy it just depends on what form or what kind is being used. There are two different types of energy there is the nonrenewable kind and then there is the renewable resources that we need to keep. The difference between the two is that nonrenewable resources are like oil and coal that cannot be just made up to suit our daily needs, it takes lots of time and money to get these resources. Then there is the renewable resource like electricity that we can get from the sun, wind power and also biomass fermentation that uses waste to produce energy as well. Everything in the world living and nonliving are affected by the consumption of energy for example when using a electric hybrid vehicle we use less gas but then we use more electricity; we give up one resource for the use of another.
The supply of solar energy demeans the supply of fossil fuels when compared. The unlimited supply does not pose the same destructive effects to the environment and health. Solar energy, according to Klare (2010) “is clean, green, safe and smart” (p. 12). Solar energy provides efficiencies because it does not need the current volume of resources needed today to generate power. The predominant draw back to relying on solar power it that it will take a dedicated plan over 40 years to complete.
Hydroelectricity is the production of power through use of the gravitational force of falling water or flowing water. Lastly solar energy is using the suns energy to produce electricity. Solar energy is one the fastest growing energy sources and new technologies are developing at a rapid pace. The main thing about all this there sources of energy is that they are environmental friendly, and their maintenance is low cost if compared with other sources of energy. Why using wind power, solar energy, and hydroelectricity?
The chief advantage of hydro systems is it costs a lot less than other sources of energy. Hydroelectric plants are immune to price increases for fossil fuels and do not require imported fuel. On the other hand as hydroelectricity is increased petroleum/oil should be decreased. Hydroelectric plants generally have small to none emissions of carbon dioxide and methane due to reservoir emissions, and emit other pollutants associated with combustion. Hydroelectric plants may be able to reshape water flows to more closely match daily and seasonal system energy demands.
| The Global Energy Budget | The amount of solar radiation reaching the surface of the Earth limits the photosynthetic output of ecosystems. | | Only a small fraction of solar energy actually strikes photosynthetic organisms. | | Total primary production in an ecosystem is known as gross primary production (GPP). | GPP and NPP | GPP is the amount of light energy that is converted into chemical energy per unit time. | | Net primary production (NPP) is equal to GPP minus the energy used by the primary producers for respiration.
For example, in Kalkaska County the oil and gas industry is big and contractor jobs are tied to fracking. There are enough fossil fuels “locked” in bedrock shale formations under North American soil to make the United States energy independent, and a net exporter of oil and gas, in the near future. Natural gas releases fewer carbon emissions than coal as we use it for our vehicles and home. Although fracking can be pretty good there are some negative factors to it. A major negative is that companies aren’t obligated to disclose the chemicals they use for the process meaning if something goes wrong it will be hard to figure out the problem.
Some of these are international, regional or local. There are initiatives to use alternative sources of energy to reduce the green house gas emissions. These alternatives are readily available and have no pollution source which makes them environmentally friendly. Across the globe some of these projects are being used. These projects would include using Solar, wind, geothermal, wave, tidal energy to create alternative sources of electricity to power homes or industries without impacting the environment.