The Rise Of Renewable Energy Article
Main Ideas
Authors Main Points
Lowering the price of photovoltaic cells will be a challenge to the energy industry. Another type of renewable energy is wind. Wind power is an industry that is rivaling the solar industry. Wind turbine use has increased more than 2.5% a year. It has also created 60,000 MW of power in 2005 in the United States. The potential is that the expansion of it can be enormous, especially in the Great Plains states. The concern over this type of power is how it will look visually. People are concerned that the creation of too much wind turbines can affect the landscape views. The last renewable energy source mentioned in the article is biofuel. If this is used, it would reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 18%.
My Summary
I had a dream that the world used alot more renewable energy sources and the united states became way better. This article really made me think. i believe that the best renewable energy source would be solar power because all it uses is the sun. It doesnt use any of harmful gases and its better. This will lower the price of living and the environment would be better
- Efficient and predictable energy source
- High net energy
- Downstream flood control
- Reservoirs can be used for recreation
- Reservoirs provide water for irrigation and municipal use
- Disadvantages
- Habitat destruction from creation of reservoir
- High initial construction cost
- Disruption of Fish Migration Routes by dams
- High CO2 production from decomposition of organic material flooded by reservoir
Authors Main Points
Lowering the price of photovoltaic cells will be a challenge to the energy industry. Another type of renewable energy is wind. Wind power is an industry that is rivaling the solar industry. Wind turbine use has increased more than 2.5% a year. It has also created 60,000 MW of power in 2005 in the United States. The potential is that the expansion of it can be enormous, especially in the Great Plains states. The concern over this type of power is how it will look visually. People are concerned that the creation of too much wind turbines can affect the landscape views. The last renewable energy source mentioned in the article is biofuel. If this is used, it would reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 18%.
My Summary
I had a dream that the world used alot more renewable energy sources and the united states became way better. This article really made me think. i believe that the best renewable energy source would be solar power because all it uses is the sun. It doesnt use any of harmful gases and its better. This will lower the price of living and the environment would be better