Killing more than both Malaria and Tuberculosis, and only a few short of HIV/AIDS, this threat to the world will murder even more people if nothing is done about it. As of 2008, smoke inhalation from biomass has killed almost triple the number of people that died from Malaria. Only HIV/AIDS has killed more than smoke. However, in 2030, all of the other numbers from Malaria, Tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS, have drastically decreased, but the number of deaths from smoke from biomass increases from around 1.4 million to 1.5 million. This is of course, if nothing drastic is done (Energy and Health). Energy poverty is only worsening across the world with unconcerned governments and countries in war. Though there are efforts trying to remedy the situation, nothing is being done enough to make a big change. Not only will energy poverty kill more and people annually, but the people dying were only cooking food for their family.
Energy poverty is a prevalent issue people all around the world face. Around 2.4 billion people living in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa rely heavily on other biomass for cooking and heating (Energy and Poverty). Energy poverty is defined as the absence of adequate, safe, reliable, and high-quality resources that are environmentally friendly. These should also all be energy services to support economic and human development (Bradbrook, Adrian J.). Energy poverty is primarily in areas without modern energy, traditional metal or mud stoves, three-stone fires, brick, or cement and pottery stoves. None of these stoves have either a chimney or a hood. Consequently, biomass pollution emitted by these devices inside a house often has higher than normal levels of pollution. Even highly polluted cities have less pollution ...
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Iraq and Kuwait were some of the biggest oil producing countries in percentage. The author claims that before the war they engaged into numerous arguments in regards to their oil business. At this time the author explains that Iraq requested for a reduction in the price of oil, but Kuwait didn’t want and this caused a lot of loss for Iraq. Iraq, as put by the then foreign minister Tariq Aziz, is said to have expressed his concern on the kind of losses that were occurring in the tune of billions on their oil business as prices per barrel dropped. All that Iraq wanted from the lowering of prices on crude oil was to help them clear their debt with Kuwait (Fitzgerald 7).
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Reliance on major non-renewable resources has had, and continues to have detrimental effects on the environment. These resources found in the earth are mined and drilled so that people around the world can benefit from their use. For example, the majority of Americans, and most of the world’s population, uses gasoline to fuel their vehicles in order to commute back and forth from one place to another and gas to heat the homes in which they spend the bulk of their time. With the world’s population consistently growing, the amount of vehicles on the roadways increases therefore causing the amount of fuel being used to increase. The same goes for planes and ships that transport people greater distances, whether it be from Virginia to California, or the United States to China. The carbon emissions released pose a threat to the global climate (“Fossil”). Not only does the emission of fossil fuels hinder earth’s atmosphere, but the availability of the non-renewable resources used daily is also shrinking. Though the United States may not be greatly affected by the environmental dangers, other countries continuously struggle with locating drinkable water, maintaining consistent levels of agricultural produce and...
In 1970 oil reserves became more scarce, leading to a decrease in production, while consumption continued to grow rapidly (Wright, R. T., & Boorse, D. F. 2011). In order to fill the gap between rising demand and falling supply of oil, the United States became more and more dependent on imported oil, primarily from Arab countries in the Middle East. (Wright, R. T., & Boorse, D. F. 2011). As the U.S and many other countries became highly industrialized nations, they became even more dependent on oil imports. With demand being higher than the actual amount of supply, prices kept rising reaching a peak of $140 a barrel in 2008. (Wright, R. T., & Boorse, D. F. 2011).
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The measure of petroleum abundance and production in Nigeria is measured by the United States. According to the statistical data and the U.S. measures, Nigeria reserves make the country the tenth petroleum-richest nation, and by far, one of the most affluent countries in Africa. In the middle of 2001 its crude oil production was averaging around 2.2 million barrels per day. Though, there is a very prominent market for offshore rigs, nearly all of Nigeria’s primary reserves are in and around the delta of the Niger river. Ever since Nigeria became independent, it is one of the few oil producing countries that can increase its oil output drastically. The g...
The question to be answered in this paper is to what extent has the resource curse affected the Nigerian economy and government? Resource curse is a term that states the observation that countries that have a plethora of natural resources (e.g. oil, coal, diamonds etc.). usually have unstable political and economic structures (Sachs, 827). Nigeria is categorized as a nation that has succumbed to the resource curse as it has an abundance of, and an overdependence on, oil, and a decreasing gross domestic product (GDP) (Samuels, 321-322). Nigeria is known for its specialization and overdependence on oil and according to Ross, nations of such nature tend to have high levels of poverty, large class gaps, weak educational systems, more corruption within the government, and are less likely to become democracies (Ross, 356).
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In "The Fuel Subsidy We Need," Ricardo Bayon raises multiple valid points based on the disadvantages of oil from fossil fuels, and the advantages of fuel cells. Bayon's introductory paragraph informs the reader of how energy-dependent America is in the world today, which in turn describes the topic of the essay. Bayon brings up the point of oil dependence and consumption in the United States, focusing the topic on a specific type of energy being consumed. "Overall the United States consumes 25 percent of the oil produced in the world each year (Bayon,100)." This quote is utilized to prove America's substantial dependence on oil; therefore proving Bayon's topic and providing him with credibility. By using statistics in the introduction, the author attempts to hook readers into reading the remainder of his essay in order to appreciate his point of view.
Burning wood to cook food in India exposes the occupants to dangerous levels of air pollution. According to the Government of India, in 2011 an estimate of hundred and forty-two million rural homes depend on traditional biomass fuel for cooking. This makes India the largest consumer of firewood and biomass. Greenhouse gases emitted by such fuel along with other sources of pollutants add up to gigantic proportions making India the 3rd largest carbon emitter in the world, after the United States and China. According to the World Health Organization, 4.3 million debt cycle globally from indoor air pollution each year; China accounts for nearly 1.5 million debt and India close to 1.3 million debts every year due to smoke from cooking, heating, and lighting
In rural Nigeria, up to 80% of the population (as compared to 70% of Nigeria as a whole3) live below the poverty line, despite their fast-growing agricultural economy4. According to Nigerian author Anthony Maduagwu, it is in places such as these where we can find the solution to Nigeria's economic predicament. In his article “Alleviating poverty in Nigeria”, he says, “only the poor understands poverty and it is also the poor that know how their poverty could be alleviated... the fact is that the poor usually have quite good perceptions of their own needs and goals and of what would be required to satisfy and make progress toward them”5. He made the case that while government-funded “poverty alleviating programmes” help poverty rates in one place, the create poverty in another6. This is supported b...
Household energy conservation is a very practical and realistic approach to conserving energy within our society. US households consume a tremendous amount of natural gas as well as electric energy. It has been calculated that the amount of energy consumed within the US increased exponentially from about 1850 to 1975. If energy continued to increase at this rate, we would be experiencing severe energy shortages in our current society. Luckily, steps towards conservation, including various energy regulations, have curbed that growth somewhat, brining the predicted 160 Qbtu/yr for the year 2000 down to around 93.8 Qbtu/yr by the year 1996. However, household energy usage is still a major issue as households consume about 38% of the total consumed energy and contribute greatly to natural gas consumption and issues such as global warming. Therefore, it is important that people understand how we use energy in the household and what steps can be taken to conserve that energy.
Decentralization of energy system is process of dispersing energy or redistributing energy from central location. [1] Currently, in the world large centralized facilities provide final form of energy from primary energy sources, such as oil refineries and power plants. These plants distribute energy over long distances which effect the overall efficiency. Depending upon different factors like health, environmental and economic etc. energy production systems are built away from the cities or near to the cities. Decentralized energy system not only fulfill rural needs but also able to provide centralized energy production in urban areas. [2]
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