Unfortunately, the activity of burning or combusting fossil fuels releases various kinds of hazardous substances and pollutants which eventually leads to changes in the environment; such as climate change, global warming, and changes in environmental health. Let us start with the change in climate or climate change. For over the past 150 years, the burning of fossil fuels, such as coal and oil have caused the concentrations of heat-trapping "greenhouse gases" to increase significantly in our atmosphere. These gases prevent heat from escaping to space, somewhat like the glass panels of a greenhouse. It would change our climate, but it would not bring us close to the level of uninhabitable Venus.
Discussion The perception of public towards nuclear power energy has always been negative. Most of them will only look at the negative effects of it and push aside the actual benefits that nuclear has to offer. Actually if we compare nuclear power energy with the other natural sources and also other renewable energy, nuclear is by far the best alternatives so far to replace fossil fuel and oil. Besides its capability of producing a high efficiency power output, it is also the world's largest source of emission-free energy. No controlled air pollutants, such as sulfur and particulates, or greenhouse gases will be produced by nuclear power plants.
Secondly, the area has several faults running through the area where the proposed facility was to be built. Constant shaking of the ground is going to do damage to any structure in the area. Finally, the water source underneath the facility may be needed in the future to provide water to metropolitan areas. Radioactive waste is dangerous wherever it is stored. I believe that placing these materials in an area which is unstable would just be a mistake.
Countries should use nuclear energy because it is eco-friendly, it can produce a lot of energy, and it is the best energy resource we can use so far. People started to develop nuclear energy soon after the discovery of radioactive element such as radium. When people first discovered radioactive, they thought nuclear energy is unfeasible, because, though radioactive elements can produce a lot of energy, but high energy produced means short half-live for radioactive. However, in 1938 the idea of being impractical changed, because three German chemists discovered nuclear fission (Nuclear Power). “Nuclear fission is the process of breaking up atoms; the process will generate an enormous amount of energy in form of heat” (Nuclear Power and the Environment).
The last time the Federal Government has passed any law affecting fracking was in 1988, before many modern techniques have been adopted [ (Bergeron, 2011) ]. Fracking, although very beneficial and the best process of attaining natural gas, is just too dangerous. The U.S. government is still debating this controversial topic, and very likely will be for many months to come. Safety is very important to maintaining a strong and efficient country; the maintenance of this goal should not be difficult with government regulation of fracking locations. It is very simple - the United States Federal Government needs to take a good hard look at their current regulation on U.S. fracking locations for the safety of our American
The three types of fossil fuels are coal, crude oil, and natural gas. They all take millions of years to form, so they are considered to be “non-renewable”- eventually, the fossil fuels will all be used up. One dangerous biological effect of using fossil fuels is ocean acidification. Extracting and transporting fossil fuels can also be very dangerous. Environmentally damaging accidents such as groundwater contamination, land subsidence, and oil spills occur frequently.
Coal like most of our current energy fuels is finite, it cannot be replenished once it is burned and cannot be considered a renewable resource. Most people do not know that coal is just decomposed plant and animal matter that over millions of years is gradually transformed into hard black solids by the sheer weight of the earth. Coal is typically burned to create steam, which is then piped at high pressure over a turbine, causing it to rotate, producing electricity. So what does coal have to do with going Green? Coal produces over 57% of the electricity generated in the United States.
By using domestically generated electricity rather than relying on foreign oil, we can achieve energy independence and will no longer need to engage in costly wars in the Middle East to secure an energy supply. Electric cars can utilize the existing electric grid rather than require the development of a new, expensive energy infrastructure (as would be the case with hydrogen). Ethanol is another alternative fuel source that doesn’t create pollution. Ethanol is called a renewable gas because it is made from corn and other grains, sugar, light and many other sources that are easily found are hard to deplete. Also Ethanol is biodegradable which means that if your car leaks, it won’t hurt the environment!
Filled with environmental consequences, hidden costs, and increased consumption, electric automobiles at this point in time do not benefit the environment. Electric automobiles are supposedly superior to traditional cars, but they still release the same amount of pollution during their production process. Since the only main difference between regular and electric cars is a bigger battery and lack of a combustion engine, mostly the same parts are manufactured in production. Factory emissions still make up a large percentage of our country’s release of greenhouse gases; therefore electric vehicles are still contributing to pollution. The chemicals involved in creating the metals and internal parts of the automobile also do not differ between electric and traditional automobiles.
The one of the most important current benefits of geothermal energy is that it is essentially limitless and is considered clean, producing around one-sixth of the carbon dioxide that a comparative clean natural-gas- power plant produces. Costs of geothermal energy are initially expensive but much lower than other sources to operate after the initial costs. Drilling and construction of power plants and pipelines can be relatively high but looking at the cost long-term, it is significantly