"Wind and solar energy are reliable sources of electricity that can diversify our nation's energy portfolio" (CLE), the United States is gradually rising in the amounts of pollution and excess wastes that have been accumulated over the years. Although the preservation of energy may be costly, the increase in global pollution could eventually cost not only money but lives. ... Creating effective nonpolluting energy has been a great innovation in the world, but there are always going to be environmental issues faced when producing and stabilizing the energy sources. ...

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Two essential questions are, Is the energy crisis really the environmental issue of safer and healthier means of mining and utilizing energy resources and how has energy crisis affected us now as well as has it been predicted to occur in the future at our global rate of resource consumption? ... Solar energy systems are sustainable because they create no pollution and consume natural energy, unlike the fossil fuels used now to produce electricity and heat. ... Given the predicted information from Shuster, pollution and the demand for energy that is now primarily derived from fossil fuels s...

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Executive Summary With the increasing energy demand, shortening fossil fuel sources in the US and globally, and the rising environmental concerns and greenhouse gas emissions, sustainability becomes the critical principle and challenge in the society. ... Environmental impacts such as the land and water use of microalgae are inspected, in order to establish successful growth of microalgae and minimize their energy demand and effects on nature. ... Introduction and Background Sustainability is the key feature in management of natural resources, which considers the fuel efficiency, environmental...

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They are diminishing over time and are not environmental friendly because they produce greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. The longer there is a reliance on fossil fuels the more pollution our environment will face. ... Why should Africa promote environmental energy efficiency? ... Lastly, promoting green energy could decrease the amount of trees that are cut to use its wood for a source of energy (deforestation) and will decrease air pollution as well. ...

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Recently surpassing Japan, China is now the second largest economy in the world following the United States (U.S. Department of State). This rise has taken place over the last three decades as China has slowly loosened its trade policies from a central system to a more market-orientated system (CIA...

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A number of energy companies are now moving into renewable energy sources due to a number of reasons like the ever decreasing petroleum reserves of the planet which will invariably exhaust one day, the pollution being caused burning petro-chemicals and the damage it is doing to the atmosphere etc. ... Light from the sun is converted into electrical current via photo-voltaic cells and once the required setup is installed, it is virtually free energy with absolutely no environmental costs either. ... There are a number of companies in this at the moment but none has gone to the extent of taking ...

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