Why is renewable energy important?Renewable Energy provides many different benefits some of them being:
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Problems with Renewable EnergySome of the problems associated with Renewable Energy are:
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The Future of Renewable Energy
Benefits of Renewable EnergyForever: Renewable energy will never run out. We will always have renewable energy unlike non renewable energy.
Jobs: If more people convert to solar and wind energy, more jobs will be needed. This will bring down the unemployment rate. Improves Public Health: Generating electricity with renewable energy is a lot safer then generating electricity from non renewable energy. "The air and water pollution emitted by coal and natural gas plants is linked to breathing problems, neurological damage, heart attacks, and cancer." Renewable energy is much safer for everyone. http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/public-benefits-of-renewable.html Stable Energy Prices: Building renewable energy things is expensive, but once they are built they operate at very little cost. More reliable Energy System: Wind and solar energy are less likely to have a large-scale failure because they are distributed and modular. They are spread out over many different areas with different weather conditions. When something is modular they are composed of many different wind turbines or solar arrays, so if something were to break they rest would can normally still operate. For more information on benefits please visit this link: http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_energy/our-energy-choices/renewable-energy/public-benefits-of-renewable.html FutureI think that renewable energy should be more important than what it is now.
The U.S. should come up with a plan that involves renewable energy being used more. Non renewable resources are going to run out sometime and before they do run out I think that we should start to use renewable resources as much as we can to make it less catastrophic |
Obstacles with Renewable EnergyPrice: Renewable energy is expensive and many people can not afford it. We need to find a way to make renewable energy less expensive.
Power: Mother Nature is unpredictable, sometimes there is no wind outside at all. We need to figure out a way that we can store power for days when there is no wind. Where we're at nowRenewable energy: Renewable energy will supply electricity using fewer green house gases. Now, Renewable energy is starting to be used more and more.
*Hydropower: Today hydropower is the cheapest way to generate electricity.Hydropower is generated by using moving water. It is also a clean fuel source. One fifth of the world's electricity is from Hydropower. http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/hydropower-profile/ *Solar Energy: Solar energy provides less than one percent of the world's total energy. Solar energy could be used more but, engineers need to figure out a more efficient way for widespread solar power generation. Solar energy is generated by solar panels that capture sunlight and convert it into electricity. http://www.aglsolarenergy.com.au/solar-power/about-solar-power/ *Wind Energy: "The United States is home to one of the largest and fastest growing wind markets in the world."http://energy.gov/science-innovation/energy-sources/renewable-energy/wind Wind energy is generated by converting kinetic energy from the wind to mechanical energy. |
Non renewable Energy"There are about 3000 products made from crude oil. Other than fuels such as petrol, diesel, crude oil is used to make products including: ink, crayons, bubble gum, dishwashing liquids, deodorant, records, eyeglasses, and tires" http://edugreen.teri.res.in/explore/n_renew/n_renew.htm
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Problems with Non renewable EnergyNon renewable energy has many problems because it will run out eventually, and burning it is not good for the environment.
Obstacles with Nonrenewable EnergyDependent: The U.S. is dependent on non renewable resources eventually we are going to run out of them. Once we run out we are going to run into the problem of how are we going to travel without oil and many other things. We should overcome this obstacle by finding a solution for it before we run out.
People: The more people that the U.S. has the more people there are that are using these non renewable resources, this then uses them faster which will make us run out faster. |
Solutions to Non renewable EnergyNon renewable energy will soon run out and we need to figure out some solutions before its to late.
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My Future Energy Plan
Some ways how my energy plan would work are....
More places should get solar panels to use for electricity. Solar energy in the world is only at about one percent we need to use more.
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Cost
I would find a cheaper way to use renewable resources. Right now it is still expensive but the prices have gone down a lot since a couple of years ago. |
I would promote using wind power because I think it would be the most efficient. I would want big places/businesses to get a windmill so that it could generate there electricity.
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