In addition, there are article that claim global warming is completely false using only current stats and not stats that date back a far time. This issue prompted me to research ways to reduce global warming. ... "(Bortman) All of which, do not cause air pollution, appealing to the people who strongly believe in global warming. Even though I personally don't believe in global warming, it would only be beneficial to pursue more research in that field. If global warming is actually occurring then clean renewable energy slows it down a lot, and if global warming is just a myth, advanceme...

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Now that an international consensus has confirmed the very real and very dangerous threat of global warming, every nation should consider renewable energy electrification as a possible solution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions per the Kyoto Protocol of 1997. ...

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"The world now experiences a high level of consumption for citizens based on advanced technology and infrastructure, so that wealth is at an all-time high but the gains which have accrued from this are threatened by environmental degradation, global warming and climate change. " (Cahill, 2001, p.1). ...

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On the other hand, renewable sources have little to no impact and once they are set up energy will be produced in a clean and sustainable way without producing toxic pollution or global warming emissions. ... The greatest characteristic of these technologies is that there is little to no global warming emissions from them meaning that it will, in turn, improve the public health and environment quality due to the lack of air pollution. ...

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He states that transportation accounts for roughly 20% of global energy use and defines cell-free synthetic enzymatic pathway biotransformation (SyPaB) as a hydrogen producer that involves a carefully constructed set of enzymes that operate independently of living cells. ... As every developed nation currently faces the daunting task of reducing its dependence upon fossil fuels, doing so improves air quality and economic health, mitigates the major contributing factor in global warming, and strengthens national security in the process. ... Analysis In the opening summary, the author succinc...

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China's energy consumption demand made up 20.3 percent of the global energy demand compared to the United States' 19%. ... The most recent analysis done by the Global Carbon Project was published earlier this month and showed that China was the leader in global carbon emissions and accounted for 28% of global carbon emissions in 2011. ... As the earth gets warmer, the ice glaciers will melt, causing a rise in the sea level. ... China has become a global leader in renewable energy investment with its $52 billion dollar investment in 20116. China's investment made up almost 20% of...

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They also do not contribute to global warming or acid rain, associated with burning coal, oil, or natural gas. ... These gases would in turn be contributing to global warming.3 Because of environmental concerns, and economic constraints, the actual amount of electricity, which will ever be generated by hydropower, will be less than the theoretical potential. ...

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Cap and trade is the most environmentally and economically sensible approach controlling greenhouse gas emissions, the primary driver of global warming. ... Companies can plan well in advance to be allowed fewer and fewer permits, less global warming pollution each year. ...

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The greenhouse effect is the gases that keep the Earth warm. ... The main reason fossil fuels like coal and gas need to be replaced is because they both possess high emissions of CO2; primarily because of that problem, the Kyoto treaty was created in 1997, a conference which goal was to reduce the CO2 emissions of numerous countries around the world, and consequently, to reduce the global warming. ...

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With fossil fuels near depletion alternative sources for a fuel will be required. As it is, we rely on coals, oils, and natural gas as the three main types of fossil fuels. As technology increases other options becomes available. Such as solar energy, wind power and moving water. These new sources o...

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Around 90% of the total global energy requirement is met through these non-renewable energy sources. ... The use of fossil fuels leads to emission of greenhouse gases which causes global warming. ... In India, a major initiative has been taken to establish the country as a global leader in solar energy under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. ...

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Energy is something that humans forget about and ignore that it is something crucial to everyone. By doing this people are taking advantage of it and forgetting how important it is that all of Earth's recourses are not used up. Men every day around the globe but their blood sweat and tears into mini...

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It has been three years since Japan experienced its worst ever earthquake, causing serious damage to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The 9 magnitude quake and its resulting tsunami sent three of Japan's reactors into meltdown, shocking the world and forcing it to revise its energy policies, a...

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Wind energy is an alternate source of generating electricity, usually obtained from moving air, which depends on the motion of wind resulting from the temperature of the earth (heating and cooling). The power is consumed through the turbines and generated by its magnetic fields. Wind Energy is alway...

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Wind power and solar power play an important part in our country's plan to eliminate global warming and to free ourselves from using fossil fuels. I believe wind power and solar power need to be used together to be beneficial to the home energy consumer. Wind power is energy created by the use of wi...

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Due to the ever so growing population around the different regions of the world, the necessity for more energy sources is becoming more significant. With the current energies that we use right now, we've become mainly dependent on fossil fuels. But eventually, those fossil fuels will deplete and ...

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On a national and global scale, humans have developed growing and life threatening addiction to energy in order to provide electricity and heat. ... Despite relentless talks of a global energy addiction, it seems that too few of actions are actually being taken toward weaning the world off of its fossil-fuel addictions. ... The energy crisis exists because our common global methods of obtaining energy are still primarily through fossil fuels and highly detrimental to the environment. ... Burning coal creates massive amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causing illness and aiding global ...

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In the past year the lack of energy in California has been brought to the attention of the general public. The issue of how that energy is produced has become a problem. There are a few ways to produce that power there is the traditional way of burning fuels or there is clean power such as wind,...

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They are diminishing over time and are not environmental friendly because they produce greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. ... In 2008, Africa had only 476 Mega Watts installed wind energy capacity compared to global estimate 93,900 Mega Watts....

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Majority of the existing companies use these technologies to at an individual consumer level for the purpose of either providing illumination or warm water. ... Future competition can be from larger investors which usually operate in the form of global conglomerates. ...

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