Energy Crisis!

Brennan Hietpas
Pros of Renewable The battle for Mother Earth has been continuing on in the Worlds recent years due to our massive emissions of greenhouse gases. Efforts made by many scientists and environmental activists have tried to help make the world switch over from using fossil fuels and other nonrenewable resources to renewable resources such as solar, hydroelectric, and wind power for our energy that we need supplied. Renewable resources or resources that can be easily replenished naturally are abundant and never ending (NRDC). Another advantage that renewable resources have over non-renewable sources is that many of the forms such as solar and wind power emits zero carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in the process. Due to the variety and vastness of land and these sources across the world we can use numerous methods that conform to the

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region. Newer forms such as wave machines have been under research for areas that border a coastline on an ocean uses the kinetic force of the waves to create electrical power. Pros of Fossil Fuels and Cons of Renewable Although renewable resources are the mark of the future, the current demand for the market isnt there yet due to the stance that oil has on our economy. The current price of fossil fuels is cheap and the production of energy is high in comparison to forms of renewable resources. A Texas government source informs about the situation with wind turbines that causes them to be an

Even though there are pros and cons to both forms of energy sources, we can make the best of both of them in order to have a high amount of energy produced. Since the full deployment of one source decreases the economic potential of the other, research has been made by many teams to try to find the perfect balance of one another in order for us to prosper (Trutnevyte). Looking toward the future, we need to keep in mind of the effects we have on the natural world around as while also keeping in mind the large amount of jobs created by both forms of energy that together can help create a stronger world economy.

Sources: Trutnevyte, E. (2013). EXPANSE methodology for evaluating the economic potential of renewable energy from an energy mix perspective. Applied Energy, 111593-601. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.04.083 What is Renewable Energy?. Retrieved from: http://www.nrdc.org/energy/renewables/ Wind Energy. Retrieved from: http://www.window.state.tx.us/specialrpt/energy/renewable/wind.php