Have you ever used something nearly every day without even knowing that you are using it? That is usually the case with fossil fuels. We use fossil fuels all the time and we probably don’t even realize that we are using them because they have become so common in our everyday lives. They help us carryout our lives in multiple ways. They are very important and we must be careful of using it so much because they could run out eventually.
Fossil fuels are coal, gas and oil. They are called fossil fuels because they are made from the remains of prehistoric plants and animals. Coal provides 28% of our energy, oil provides 40% and gas provides 20%. Overall we use fossil fuels a great amount and like I mentioned previously we don’t even realize that we are using it so much.
Fossil fuels are somewhat confusing when trying to categorize them into being renewable or nonrenewable energy. It is said that they are nonrenewable because we only have so much of them and they eventually will run out, hopefully not in our lifetime. They do replenish
themselves but it takes millions of years to do so. For example, if we were to run out of our fossil fuels now, we wouldn’t see them replenish in our life. This is why we must be cautious when using them because the amount lost doubles every 20 years. This is a huge disadvantage because fossil fuels are so vital in our lives.
Fossil fuels are found in all different areas of the world. Some countries have more of one over the other, but most of them have at least a little of each. Coal is found most in the United States, Russia and China. There are about 860 billion tons of coal reserves worldwide. At the current rate that we are using coal, it should last us around 112 years. Oil is most abund...
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... this paper, I was also opened up to all the negatives as well as the many positives that fossil fuels can bring us. Another thing I didn’t know was that fossil fuels do have a negative impact on both us and our environment. There are many reasons as to why we should and shouldn’t use fossil fuels that make it quite difficult as to whether or not we should use them. This sounds confusing and that’s because it really is, it is both a beneficial thing for us to use but it can cause a lot of harm as well.
In conclusion, I think this was a very informative paper to write. I was able to gain a lot of knowledge on this topic, a topic on which I really did not know much about. The research I did really made me understand this topic much more, both from our book and also online. There is a lot of information out on this topic and I think more people should look into it.
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Because fossil fuels will still be around years from now, and there is no immediate threat to our current lifestyle, does that mean we, as humans, will continue to rely on fossil fuels in the future? If we decline to change our values and ideas, the answer is yes.
It is all very good information and helpful, I know it will come in handy not only in this assignment but in all my work throughout this program. I learned the different ways people learn and think and how to work at being those kind of thinkers and apply that to the papers I write. There is a lot of information out there, knowing where to look is very important and knowing how to incorporate your research is a must. Knowing your subject in and out and the proper way to do so is also important, in order to write a well informed paper. What I have read will help me with that
MR: The Solutions Project emphasizes, redundantly, the solutions to the issue of using fossils to create energy. We convince people to perform a transition from using fossil fuels to a wind, water and solar renewable energy system. In order to do that, we share information about how using fossil fuels affect the environment; and how beneficial the renewable energy system is for everyone (“The Solutions Project”, 2011).
There is a grave and pressing danger lurking through the atmosphere, afflicting oceans, and preying on the environment. But the most bone-chilling monster is the shadow of oblivion cast on society. Living as if it were the 18th century, America remains stuck in an industrial revolution mindset. According to The National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, “The United States gets 81% of its total energy from oil, coal, and natural gas, all of which are fossil fuels” (Fossil Fuels par. 1 ). The unfaltering dependency on fossil fuels is a capricious practice that will eventually fall victim to lack of materials and startling consequences. Now is the time to reject ignorance and to
Overall, your paper was well organized. You state your points in your thesis statement and you stick to them within your paper.
In today’s world humans are consuming massive amounts of fossil fuels. The top five oil consuming countries in the world are the usual suspects. These include the United States, China, Japan, India and Russia. Canada comes in at number 10 with a daily consumption of 2,287 thousand barrels per day. There are three major types of fossil fuels: coal, oil and natural gas. These resources were formed during the Carboniferous Period 360-286 million years ago. During this time earth was covered in swamps with large amounts of plants and waters filled with algae. When these plants and trees began to die they would form layers of peat. Hundreds and thousands of years would pass adding sand and other materials on top of the peat. This formed the sedimentary rocks we know today. As the thousands of years turned into millions of years the water of the peat layer was pushed out of the peat until the layer of diatoms turned into coal, oil or natural gas (CEC, 2013). Canada has oil industry throughout the country and currently 12 out of 13 provinces are active in the oil industry. Natural gas production is occurring in British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, and New Brunswick. Natural gas could also become large industry in Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador, Yukon and the Northwest Territories. Oil production is currently taking place in the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland & Labrador (CAPP, 2013).
The use of fossil fuels on a large scale, specifically coal, began with the Industrial Revolution in England. Industries/corporations first used coal as a main source of energy to fuel their factories, and it became even more popular when railroads started. According to the United States Energy Department, "...by the early 20th century coal had become the major fuel in the United States, accounting for nearly 75% of the nation's energy requirements." Soon after, newer and cheaper fossil fuels, such as oil and natural gas, were high in demand. Energy Supplies, Sustainability, and Costs, by Sandra Alters, states oil was used as the main source of fuel to heat homes and offices, and gas powered the growing number of cars (57). "Oil shoved aside coal as the world's primary fuel, just as coal had replaced wood", says Tom Mast in Over a Barrel: A Simple Guide to the Oil Shortage (15). Most Americans were not concerned wit...
Over the last two centuries, humanity has become increasingly reliant on fossil fuels. Over that time, the consequences of constantly burning fossil fuels have accumulated into a threat to industrialized cities. The burning of fossil fuels causes acid rain to shower on cities and ecosystems around the world, tormenting their inhabitants. The increasingly deadly pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels has caused the deaths of many people around the world by causing respiratory problems. Not only has the pollution worsened, but the supply of fossil fuels is not limitless – as humanity’s reliance increases the supply decreases, and that is all the more reason to break humanity’s reliance on fossil fuels. Fossil fuels should be replaced with cleaner alternatives because fossil fuels cause environmental hazards, are non-renewable, and are detrimental to human health.
The effects of using fossil fuels are starker than their timelines. Humans release approximately two billion metric tons of pollution annually, mostly from the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas; this pollution is destroying our environment and the ozone layer. Ozone and smog damage forests, crops, and other plant life, and reduces visibility. Other pollutants have the same
Fossil fuels are an unreliable and unsafe source for worldwide energy. Our common fuels will run out as in: Ethanol, Petroleum, and Oil. Honestly we need those fuels for life, to drive cars, four wheelers, lawn mowers, and tractors, etc. If we did not have those things anymore our ways of living will drastically decrease. People in our society are so use to driving vehicles that if that gets taken away World War III would start. We use lawn mowers to cut our grass, to keep our land in shape and pretty. We also use tractors for multiple things not only to keep big pastures in shape, but also to use for logging. People do logging for a living. Without tractors their job would be very intense.(conserve-energy-future.com)
The three fossil fuels- coal, crude oil, and gas slowly formed over millions of years. These days, we use fossil fuels to power everything- homes, buildings, cars, computers, lights, etc. However, fossil fuels deposits will run out soon, which is a huge problem. Extracting, transporting, and burning fossil fuels are dangerous. There are also many negative biological and environmental impacts that result from the use of fossil fuels, such as ocean acidification, groundwater contamination, land subsidence, oil spills, and global warming. Therefore, we should be trying to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and explore alternative energy sources such as wind energy, hydroelectricity, and solar energy instead. Our world depends on fossil fuels, but they can also hurt us. Fossil fuels are both a blessing and a curse.
Fossil fuels are energy that is in the form of coal, oil, or natural gas that comes from organisms from millions of years ago. The cycle to create fossil fuels takes millions of years to form and is therefore considered a nonrenewable resource of energy. Fossil fuels have been the primary source of energy for man ever since the age of machines, but one of “the main problem[s] with fossil fuels is that there is a limited amount of them” (Problem with Fossil Fuel). As countries become more developed, like the United States, they too will become more thirsty and dependent for fossil fuels. “In 2004, America spent approximately $270 billion to fufill its oil need.” and “90% of all transportation is fueled by oil” (Nakaya 10). With the global rate of fossil fuels going up it is inevitable that they are going to run out, forcing countries to choose an alternative energy source. The other huge problem with dependence on fossil fuels is the effect that the emissions have on the climate. Fossil fuels are made of carbon chains and in order for the reaction...
Fuels like coal, and oil that once were a fine innovation in creating energy are now rapidly deleting and one day will be gone forever; energy that won’t last is often referred to as non-renewable energy. Besides being set up to fail and become inefficient in the future, fossil fuel energy is not clean to use and poses several environmental complications. Coal, for instance is “the dirtiest of all fossil fuels. Coal combustion not only produces sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides that contribute to acid rain and snow, it generates millions of tons of particulates that cause asthma and other respiratory diseases.” As with all usage of fossil fuels, it creates enormous amounts of carbon dioxide, which contributes to greenhouse gas. Not only are fossil fuels dirty, they also pose as a security risk and unforgiving on the American wallet. (Saini)
There are two types of resources using to produce electricity, non-renewable energy resources and renewable energy resources. Non-renewable energy resources or known by fossil fuel such as wood, oil, gas and coal can be defined as solid, liquid or gaseous fuels formed in the ground after millions of years by chemical and physical changes in plants and animal residues under high temperature and pressure.