Envrionmental Issues

 

The environment is a very important and much debated issue, especially over the past few years. The issue of course is whether or not to spend money to research alternative energy. Personally, I believe that we should be researching other types of energy to replace the both expensive and polluting nature of oil, coal, and the other fossil fuels that we are running out of. Instead of using a scarce resource that we use faster than it regenerates, why not use an energy that is abundant and can be re-used over and over again. 

Wind turbines are a way to harness an energy that is totally renewable and does no damage to the environment. They are currently used mostly on the west coast of the United States or near the Pacific Ocean.   We can also improve our use of technology to help in discovering the next great fuel that we will use. In the last few years General Electric has increased its funding into wind turbines, and have recently came up with the most efficient wind turbine to date. This wind turbine can even produce electricity from low wind areas.

Alternative energies are a great way to both produce jobs, and a way to lower our carbon footprint on the earth. We should start producing more wind turbines, electric dams, and other ways to heat our houses, fuel our cars, and provide electricity. Making these renewable energies possible will also provide more jobs for people to build the things needed to harness the renewable and alternative energies. Today more than ever people are trying to come up with the renewable energy to replace or reduce the amount of oil we are using in our cars. With the production of electric cars there is a hope for the future that we will find a way to replace the harmful fossil fuels and the damage it has done to our planet, and make for a healthier tomorrow.

I also think that we need to stop using the harmful chemicals and fuels used in the making of plastics and other products. These products can be replaced with more green products, as well as recycling the plastic we do use to provide a more healthy environment.

If we take heed of these issues and begin to move forward towards a more green and envrionmentally sound earth.

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