Alternative Sources of Energy

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Finding Alternative energy sources is a significant issue from all over the world. Incontemporary society, due to the lack of fossil fuels and environmental problems likeair pollution, alternative sources of energy have being utilized widely for differentdomestic and industrial applications. Biogas is one of the alternative energy whichinstead of fossil fuels. This essay will focus on how to harness biogas effectively andit will highlight biogas as an important alternative energy plays an important role insaving natural resources and protecting environment.Biogas is a renewable energy source and it can be produced from raw materials suchas human, animal and plant waste. In order to harness biogas effectively, it isimportant to use advance technology to improve the efficiency of using biogas. TwoAmerican utilities have found the purification technology that turn organic waste andgas from sewage plants into natural-gas which can serve the local people. (Rosenthal,E. 2010) On the one hand, using advanced purification technology can produce moreefficient biogas so that it provides an alternative of fossil fuels that help the utilitiesmeet the local people ’ s energy need. On the other hand, the advanced technology thattransforms the waste into biogas, it is effective in recycling waste and weakening theimpact of waste on the environment. However, the technology of transform the wasteinto biogas still needs to be questioned. Because the high cost of the technology mayresult in the implement becomes more difficult. Also, it is unclear whether the purification technology is mature enough to produce efficient biogas.Another approach to harness biogas is to get government ’ s support on establishing aneffective mechanism that encourages people use biogas as a fuel for cars. For example,the city planners in Kristianstad, a city in Sweden, want to use biogas as a fuel

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