The Energy Crisis

The Energy Crisis Electronic devices and energy are inseparable partners. They were mainly invented in order to make our lives easier. We can shorten distances, get information, and keep in touch with our love ones and even save physical effort. But do we know where all this energy comes from?. Of course with the big numbers of industries and houses and appliances, we need different sources of energy as well since no any source is going to be enough by itself; in The U.S.A. we use 37% Petroleum (oil), 25% Natural gas, 21% Coal, 9% Nuclear Power and 8% Renewable. As we can see, we rely more in fusel fuels which according to some environmentalist, are the cause of the climate change. The past 12 months have been the hottest on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Throughout the nation, drought, wildfires, floods and other extreme weather have made global warming a visible reality.

However, some people, including Republicans, are skeptical about this phenomena and think there are no proves that the Planet’s temperature is changing because of the over use of this fuels. What really matters for them is to take advantage of the fuels that still exist. They do not want to spend in projects that research about different kinds of energy because they do not want to change things. And even in the past at the Republican National Convention, he tried to ridicule President Obama by saying that stopping Global warming would not help American families at all. 

 From my point of view, climate change is something to worry about. We have seen different stories about how the consequences are making people suffer in different parts of the world. That’s why is relevant to keep on looking for new alternatives, but before put them in practice we should foresee what are the side effects that they will have in our planet. Fracking, for example, will create a lot of jobs and maybe USA indepence of energy but this can produce environmental and health hazards. Apart from all the water (8 million water gallons) that is spent to do a fracking job, during this process methane gas and toxic chemicals leach out from the system and contaminate nearby groundwater. Since Fracking started, there have been over 1,000 documented cases of water contamination next to areas of gas drilling as well as cases of sensory, respiratory, and neurological damage due to ingested contaminated water.

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