[Type text] [Type text] Name: Erick Martinez

Instructor: G. Turgeon

Course: 1101-007

Date: 02-20-2017

Argumentative Research Paper

Despite a number of statements against the conversion to different sources of

energy in the world as a whole, research has settled 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 makes the supply levels for these

sources to lower, and creating a limited accountability for its uses life span. The use of

nuclear, hydro and solar 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? The current

energy system consists of 85% of its primary energy being produced from fossil sources

(Ongena). As being stated as the primary resource this allows ones input of how it is

indisputability needed to be change, due to damages and limited life span.

There are break through possibilities in the 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 thousands of years

(Horvath). Nuclear is being stated to be a source that produces waste as the other

energies, 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.

[Type text] [Type text] Name: Erick Martinez

Instructor: G. Turgeon

Course: 1101-007

Date: 02-20-2017

Solar energy is a common alternative used today, because you can be driving

down the street and visibly see these panels on the top of homes producing energy needed

for homes. 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.

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 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. If a difference isnt
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Instructor: G. Turgeon

Course: 1101-007

Date: 02-20-2017

made in a timely manner there may be a problem faced within the people on Earth in the

future years, but it is best if prevented before hand.

[Type text] [Type text] Name: Erick Martinez

Instructor: G. Turgeon

Course: 1101-007

Date: 02-20-2017

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