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Alternative Energy Options
Alternative
Energy Options
As
you know, our world is heavily dependent on fossil fuels for meeting our energy
needs. In Chapter 6 of Contemporary Environmental Issues, you have
read that there is concern about the possibility of reaching a peak in oil
production, and even coal and natural gas will eventually run out. (Next week,
in Chapter 7 of the textbook, we will read about an even more pressing reason
for no longer relying on fossil fuels: global climate change.) Chapter 8
of Contemporary Environmental Issues introduces a variety of
possible alternative energy sources, including nuclear power and many renewable
options like wind power and solar energy.
Next
week, you will be participating in a collaborative project aimed at developing
an alternative energy plan for a particular community – the details of which
won’t be revealed until then. For now, let’s all pool our research into what
possible energy choices might be able to help us move away from fossil fuels.
In
your main post this week, please
- Identify
two alternatives to fossil fuels that are currently available.
- Discuss
the barriers that keep these alternatives from replacing coal, oil, and
natural gas as our primary means of energy.
- Discuss
the role that government plays in ensuring a transition to these renewable
alternatives in a post-carbon world.
Be
creative here – the ideas you explore now might become the building blocks for
next week’s sustainable energy plan.
Your
initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Utilize at least two
scholarly or reputable resources and your textbook to support your claims,
using the Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible
Sources (Links to an external site.) document for guidance. Cite
your sources in APA style (Links to an external site.), as outlined
in Ashford
Writing Center (Links to an external site.). Quoted text should
constitute no more than ten percent of your post.
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