Sustaibility

• A definition of sustainability.
“Able to maintained at a certain level or rate without being completely used up”, this is the definition of sustainability according to the Oxford Dictionary. In more simpler and more related words to this topic, it means to find and use a source of energy that will power our society efficiently without it being depleted.
• A simple explanation of the relationship between sustainability and renewable energy. Why is renewable energy desirable?
Since this current unit deals with sustainability of energy, it would mean that the energies that would be sustainable are renewable energies. Currently, most of our energy sources come from non-renewable sources, 87% to be exact, such as Oil, Natural Gas and Coal. All of these energy sources, primarily fuel our societies but in the long run these sources will start to diminish, crippling nations, as they are one of the basics needed to run our societies. That’s why governments are looking for alternatives ways to function the population, so when the current sources run out there will be no dilemma. Sources that are renewable, such as Hydroelectric, Solar and Wind are sustainable also as they do not waste the material that powers them and the source of energy cannot be finished. Since the source of energy cannot be completely used up, there is an infinite generation of energy, hence making it desirable.
• Using your knowledge of the tactics of scientific denialism, create a clear and compelling argument to explain why we don’t produce all our energy in a sustainable way. Your line of argument must be clear, where the conclusion is clearly supported by evidence. Use evidence from the websites above, or supplement it with your own.
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... the consumers as no electricity or energy would reach to them, making them go back to the fossil fuels. The final reason why non-renewable sources run our societies is because of our means of transportation. Most of the transportations used around the world require fossil fuels where as a few vehicles run on electricity that renewable energy can produce. These vehicles themselves are expensive, giving the reason why few people use them. There are renewable sources such as biomass that can run these vehicles, but once again they are really expensive and unreliable. To conclude the reason behind our societies not being run by renewable sources is because mainly due to the fact that the costs are significantly high for the investors and for the consumers. Going with that, the energy itself is unreliable and inefficient, which makes the renewable energy a huge gamble.