"We must move away from our dependency on fossil fuels, and I am glad that GM has invested over $1 billion in hydrogen fuel cells cars to meet this goal."" ... He strongly supported alternative sources of energy in comparison to fossil fuel. ... Hydrogen fuel cell is in the news these days, increasing its popularity, because it is cleaner than fossil fuel, it reduces the dependency on fossil fuels because of the abundance of hydrogen and now with new technology installation cost has reduced making it the best substitute for fossil fuel. ... The only waste product in a hydrogen fuel cell is wa...

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There are two basic groups of energy: renewable energy, such as solar power, and nonrenewable energy, such as fossil fuels and nuclear energy. ... Unlike fossil fuels, uranium must be fabricated and enriched into fuel elements. ... Although nuclear energy is considered a nonrenewable energy source, nuclear energy creates a whopping amount of energy versus fossil fuels[Nuc131]. ... Succeeding fossil fuels would have to be solar power due to the unlimited amount of sunlight given during a day's time, even on cloudy days. ... One being that while the actual nuclear power plant itself doe...

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Replacing fossil fuels with biofuel has the potential to generate a number of benefits. In contrast to fossil fuels, which are exhaustible resources, biofuels are produced from renewable feedstocks. ... The tax charges a fee on fossil fuels based on how much carbon they emit when burned. ... It will raise fossil fuel prices. It's an antidote to rigged energy pricing that helps fossil fuels destabilize earth's climate. ...

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Alternative energy is energy generated in ways where it does not deplete natural resources or use fossil fuels. The common method of producing energy for the human benefit is burning fossil fuels. Burning fossil fuels emits very high levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases which damage our home, Earth. ... Also, it is a renewable source, which means that we do not need to worry about Geothermal energy becoming scarce, like we need to with fossil fuels. ... It is apparent that we need to start relying on alternative energy instead of fossil fuels but we still need to choose the corr...

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Yet, as our fossil fuel reserves continue to deplete and our carbon can be a potential solution to the energy crisis we are set to face in the next half of the decade. ... The pursuit of nuclear technology can be important in meeting our energy needs due to the continuous depletion of our current energy resources, Today, fossil fuel is still the number one source of energy, accounting for most of our energy production which powers our economies and our homes. ... Several countries are already starting to depend more on nuclear energy and less on the burning of fossil fuels. ... As fossil fuels...

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Oil, gas, coal and nuclear fuels are all sources of non-renewable energy. These sources are used in everyday life to produce the energy that powers our machines and anything else that requires fuel consumption for our personal use. ... Fossil fuels are the number one main source for non-renewable energy that is extracted today. ... An efficient fix to these harmful emissions would be switching to all electric cars that do not use any type of fuel besides electricity so there will not be any carbon emissions from millions of cars daily. ... The continuing use of non-renewable resources such a...

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In both types, the geothermal production well and distribution piping can help replace the fossil fuel burning heat source of the traditional heating system. ... Most greenhouse operators estimate that using geothermal resources instead of traditional energy sources saves about 80% of fuel costs and about 5% to 8% of total operating costs. ... First it's clean because it can be extracted without burning a fossil fuel such as coal, gas, or oil. ... Geothermal fields produce only about one-sixth of the carbon dioxide that a natural gas fueled power plant produces and extremely small amount ...

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Pollution in the air is mainly caused by fossil fuel burning. ... To initiate the use of these facilities in developing countries, (especially ones which have no hold on fossil fuels), will help start a revolution which the US would then follow or possibly be an example of. ...

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The coal industry has given rise to many environmental issues such as adverse effects on the air, land and water quality of the surrounding areas of the mines and continues to affect global environment as a whole. The damaging effects coal burning on the environment causes many premature deaths worl...

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