How Can the United States Lessen its Dependence on Fossil Fuels?
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Semantically fossil fuels are a renewable source of energy, however given that it takes millions of years for the organic materials to be broken down and converted, it is wholly unrealistic to consider them as renewable. As the demand for fossil fuels increases and source diminish faster than they are replentished, the United States must work towards a renewable energy independent state using truly renable sources, both technically and in practice. With changes in the home, as consumers in buying goods and with alternative fuel sources backed by public trust and governmental involvement, the United States could drastically lessen its dependence on fossil fuels, foreign and domestic. The greatest impact on reducing dependence on fossil fuels could begin at home. All around us are devices that consume energy even as we do nothing with them. Known colloquially as “vampire power”, these devices in standby power mode continue to consume energy as they are never actually “off”. Studies by Ross and Meier (2001) have shown that the average household can have up to 40 different devices consuming energy, from clocks to microwaves and DVD players to television, these devices add up to, between, 5% and 26% of the total electricity consumption in a household – energy likely produced at the cost of burning fossil fuels, both in production of the electricity and the transportation of the fuels themselves. For new or retrofit construction, every choice can lead to energy savings; energy that is derived primarily from fossil fuels. The typical household LED replacement for a 60w light lasts about 50,000 hours. Pretending that an incandescent could also last that long, it would consume about 3,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of energy whereas the LE... ... middle of paper ... ...rn, M., Ramroth, L., & Lovins, A. B. (2008). Transformational trucks: determining the energy efficiency limits of a class-8 tractor-trailer. Rocky Mountain Institute, Snowmass, CO. Ross, J. P., & Meier, A. (2001). Whole-house measurements of standby power consumption. In Energy Efficiency in Household Appliances and Lighting (pp. 278-285). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. Surface Transportation Board (2012). FY 2012 Annual Report. Washington, DC: Chairman Daniel R. Elliott III Topaz Solar Farm. (n.d.). Vertically Integrated Utility-Scale PV Power Solutions Provider. Retrieved May 18, 2014, from http://www.firstsolar.com/en/about-us/projects/topaz-solar-farm Why choose cloth diapers? Real Diaper Association Diaper Facts.. (n.d.). Why choose cloth diapers? Real Diaper Association Diaper Facts.. Retrieved May 17, 2014, from http://www.realdiaperassociation.org/diaperfacts
In this essay, the author
- Explains that one of the simplest ways to reduce dependence is to use less, need less. if an apple was grown locally, a trip of over 6,500 fossil fuel burning miles could have been reduced by 10, 30 or 50 fold.
- Argues that the united states must work towards a renewable energy independent state using truly renable sources, both technically and in practice.
- Argues that the united states should move towards fully renewable sources of fuel. the alta wind energy center is the world's largest wind farm.
- Explains that one of the simplest ways to reduce dependence is to use less, need less. if an apple was grown locally, a trip of over 6,500 fossil fuel burning miles could have been reduced by 10, 30 or 50 fold.
- Argues that the united states must work towards a renewable energy independent state using truly renable sources, both technically and in practice.
- Argues that the united states should move towards fully renewable sources of fuel. the alta wind energy center is the world's largest wind farm.
- Explains the association of american railroads' "the nation's freight railways average 476 ton-miles-per-gallon".
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- Explains that the focus of the project will be on feedback for monitor- ing domestic energy consumption in augmented reality.
- Describes derek szeto and saul greenberg, department of computer science, university of calgary.
- Explains that due to the issue of climate change, homeowners are becoming more aware of the need to reduce energy consumption in day-to-day life.
- Explains that the focus of the project will be on feedback for monitor- ing domestic energy consumption in augmented reality.
- Describes derek szeto and saul greenberg, department of computer science, university of calgary.
- Analyzes how the evaluation and study of literature led to visualizations that showed immediate and past energy usage of appliances and group.
- Explains that there is a rich literature in sustainability and hci, as well as commercial and research systems devel- oped to promote energy sustainability.
- Explains lapides et al.'s use of a handheld mobile com- puter with small colour display and camera called home- window to view energy output in digital appliances.
- Explains that they will evaluate the current visualizations implemented by the ar energy viewer system by stepping through the interface.
- Explains that it will be necessary to evaluate the new visualizations through user testing. however, due to time constraints, this step may be deferred.
- Explains that early february - mid-february: evaluate current vi- sualizations late february-late february: designing visualization
- Explains energy feedback technology design. chi 2010, 2010. p. lapides, e. sharlin, and s. greenberg.
- Explains that human activities have influenced the rapid accumulation of greenhouse gases which contribute to climate change. tracking and managing domestic energy consumption is a difficult task.
- Explains that augmented reality enhances our perception of reality by overlaying virtual objects on top of the real world to provide information that would otherwise be obscure.
- Explains how helen he extended the homewindow project fea-ture interaction within augmented reality in the form of the ar energy viewer.
- Explains that visualizations that extend the energy viewer will need to draw upon literature regarding augmented reality and hci.
- Explains that they will implement the visualizations into the ar energy viewer. the source code is writ- ten primarily in c# and wpf.
- Proposes to provide visualizations of energy use at the appliance and group of appliances level in situ. they will evaluate an existing system using augmented reality, the ar energy viewer.
- Cites azuma, b. bell, s. feiner, and t. hollerer for a survey of augmented reality.
- Explains visual clutter: a generalized technique for label segregation using stereoscopic disparity. ieee virual reality 2008, 2008.
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- Explains that it is a wrapper for the daily estimate bill method, which allows clients to send estimates.
- Explains the nilm based survey which lists the present energy related features of the home. each element is analyzed by the national calculation methodology.
- Recommends replacing incandescent lights with compact fluorescents (cfls), which can save three-quarters of electricity. the best targets are 60-100w bulbs.
- Explains that it is a wrapper for the daily estimate bill method, which allows clients to send estimates.
- Explains the nilm based survey which lists the present energy related features of the home. each element is analyzed by the national calculation methodology.
- Recommends replacing incandescent lights with compact fluorescents (cfls), which can save three-quarters of electricity. the best targets are 60-100w bulbs.
- Summarizes the method for calculating energy consumption, the levels of input detail available to the user, and the output reported. then, consumers can compare the results for their household.
- Explains that the energy performance certificate or the energy scorecard is an interactive home energy assessment tool based on the literals provided by the nilm meter.
- Explains that the home energy saver strategy provides two basic services to the residential consumers.
- Explains that it returns bill information contained in a string indexed array, which is the same for all standard rate types.
- Explains that offpeakconsumptiontotal is the sum of all consumption charges that occur during the off-peak time-of-use period.
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