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Name: Erick Martinez

Instructor: G. Turgeon

Course: 1101-007

Date: 03-13-2017

Energy Today
Waking up today there is a high probability of you using a source of energy in a specific

form; either turning on the lights in your room, taking a shower or going through your phone.

Despite a number of statements against the conversion to different sources of energy in the world

as a whole, research has settled stated the change that must occur for our resources to be

operational. On Earth, people use energy on a daily bases and this energy comes from specific

sources. The resources that are being utilized in the largest quantity do not have the capability to

be reciprocated. This causes the supply levels for these sources to lower, creating a limited

accountability for its uses life span. The use of nuclear, hydro, and solar power are alternatives,

in place of, for example, coal, gas, and oils, for this limitation that has become a problem to our

life needs.

Do you know where the majority of your energy is coming from?A majority of

Earths energy is being created through these non-renewable resources. The current energy

system consists of 85% of its primary energy being produced from fossil sources (Ongena). As

the primary resource, this allows ones input of how it is indisputability needed to be change, due

to damages and limited life span, meaning it is being used in a larger quantity, this also allows a

larger picture of the sources damages. Fossil fuels emit and are responsible for the greenhouse

effect; in total the causing of global warming. This is a delicate discussion between people, with

some stating it as an irreverent situation, but research has concluded it as being harmful to our

environment.
People question when making these changes on how these alternative approaches

aftermath, as in waste products, will be dealt with. There are break through possibilities in the
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development of new generation nuclear reactors where the life-time of the nuclear waste can be

reduced to some hundreds of years instead of the present time-scales of hundred

thousandsthousand of years (Horvath). Nuclear energy is being stated to be as a source that

produces waste as like the other energiesresources, but the time span to remove this waste from

the environment is more reasonable. As the removal of energy is important so is the effect the

resources have in the ecosystem itself. This statement is also focused upon nuclear energy, but

the other alternatives dispense a significant lower range of waste.


Solar energy is a common alternative used today, because one can be driving down the

street and visibly seesees these panels on the top of homes producing the energy needed for

homeshousehold. These panels are allowing the suns energy to be reused within the house by

storing to its limitation and being used in the handheld manner the residents are pleased to use.

Although the problem with solar energy is that there is a lot of knowledge that has to be gained

before solar is the base load energy supply for the world, because it is not capable to hold the

necessities of peoples need on its own. At this time period, there would need to be a substantial

amount of land to solely fulfil the needs of the United States, and because of this there is a

limitation on its use.


As the people who live on this Earth we should take in consideration of its state of health

in some form. All countries have a common interest in securing sustainable, low-cost energy

supplies with minimal impact on the environment (Horvath). The controversy that surrounds the

world is energy is the problems emitted to our environment. Carbon dioxide is the most

effective of the green house gases and is essentially produced by the consumption of fossil fuels

(Future Electricity Production Methods). Therefore, it is crucial to change the means of this

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consumption to a number of alternatives that are carbon less techniques being ecological to the

atmosphere.
The use of fossil fuels is not inappropriate by any means because it has been the worlds

common approach as a resource. Although through the years it has become unsustainable of the

lack of its supply levels and the damage it has produced to the environment. Using alternative

resources have started to be approached although there have been insufficient funds for the

researches on these alternatives. Although these alternatives through research have been

identified as preferable sources. If a difference isnt made in a timely manner there may be a

problem to face for the people on Earth in the future years, but it is best if prevented beforehand.

Work Cited
"Future Electricity Production Methods. Part 1: Nuclear Energy." Reports On Progress In

Physics 74.2 (2011): 022801. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20 Feb. 2017.
Hecht, Jeff. "What If... WE CRACK FUSION AND SOLVE OUR ENERGY PROBLEM? ."

New Scientist 232.3100 (2016): 36. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20 Feb. 2017.
Ongena, Jef. "Nuclear Fusion And Its Large Potential For The Future World Energy Supply ."

Nukleonika 61.4 (2016): 425-432. Academic Search Complete. Web. 20 Feb. 2017.

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I understand length requirement has not been reached. Only edited parts commented through first

revision.

Erick,
I get this draft was more of setting your points on paper, which is fine and lets you know where

to go from here. Make sure you elaborate on your points. Really look at my marginal comments

to touch up the paper. There were points where your phrasing made it hard for me, as the reader,

to understand what you were saying or getting at. I suggest taking your paper to the Writing

Resource Center to have them look over the paper after you make your next set of edits. Maybe

sometime this week during the time we would have had class? Make an appointment online!

Keep at it!

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