The need to have efficient use of energy in the USA is an urgent situation that must be given priority. I support some of the proposed ways to address energy issues in the USA and have considerable environmental impacts that will help us to have a sustainable global environment. Some of the proposed ideas sound good to provide a solution to the crisis that we are likely to face. first I fully support the fact that to find and develop more domestic supplies of oil or other fossil fuel. Secondly, I believe that the federal government should place a tax on gasoline and imported oil to help reduce the way we waste oil recourses. Thirdly we should phase out all nuclear power plants by 2025. In would highly oppose increase dependence on call and increased dependency on nuclear power.
In the first proposed idea, it sounds and proven to be an effective mode of supply for the endless need for oil and its bi-products. Other fossil fuels should also be developed to promote locally available oil rather than to import it. This will help to high depending on the imported oil as well as discover natural gas reserves that are remotely located. Some fossil fuel may be found in abundance in our nation and may have high net energy. This will also help to discover how we can convert all available resources that can be used to generate oil.
Heavy tax should be imposed on oil that will help people in the United States of America have a little pinch on how they use the oil. The availability of cheap gasoline has made useless concern on how we consume our oils and how we spend the imported oil. This leads to an increase in wastage of the energy that promotes high environmental damages such as the release of greenhouse gases and increased emission of CO2 gas. Lack of tax policies that will limit us from using heavy gasoline consumers and adapt the hybrid brands that are fuel effective.
Nuclear energy is termed as clean energy as observed to have minimal emission in terms of environmental factors. This should be considered as a fact that most of the nuclear plant waste from nuclear fuels hurts our health. It is also very expensive to keep and dispose of radioactive waste from the reactors. As it was noted nuclear accidents can be catastrophic as what happened in Japan nuclear plant causing an immersive environmental impact. As much as we depend on this energy it is also to implement more life caring methods to produce energy. Net energy produced cannot be compared to resource input and environmental damages before making a plant operational.
However, I would not advocate increasing dependency on using coal as the major source of energy. First I admit that the coal deposit is widely spread to in our country. But the cost of extraction has a significant impact on our biodiversity where wetlands are drained, lands are opened up leaving ghost towns. Secondly, converting coal into usable energy harms our environment as it may lead to increased emission of CO2, and others go emitted have only an adverse impact on our environment. this includes ash produced if not properly disposed of can have a negative environmental impact and when mixed with water can easily find its route to groundwater toxify with arsenic among other pollutants.
Increased dependency on nuclear energy has no space on our planet and we should heavily reduce or maintain the existing nuclear power plants. I stand on the fact that nuclear power is not as clean as it is purported to be as radioactive waste and costs of implementation are too high to account for it as the major source of energy. It would be important to enclose more sustainable sources of energy rather that than the use of nuclear energy.
It would be important if we move to harness renewable sources of energy. For instance, increased dependence on solar energy and wind energy will sharply reduce the use of fossil fuels that will have a good impact on our environment. Developing more hydropower plants where applicable and have an effective generator will increase power output which will be effective in or environment and have a dependable source of energy. It is also known that we have not fully exploited our geothermal power which has a positive note as it can help reduce not only electricity needed to be generated but also can be used as an alternative mean to warm our homes and industrial uses which be effective to reduce dependency on using oil and other fossil fuels to warm our homes.
Solar energy is widely spread and has adequate ways to tap either by solar thermal systems or photo volatiles which has minimal environmental impacts as well as having diverse importance in our usage. A good example we should ensure all our rental houses are fitted with solar thermal systems to help reduce the consumption of commercial energy.
If we enforce such measures I am sure that we will be having a well-sustaining globe without polluting and reducing overdependence on fossil fuels such as oil. It will also help us have sustainable global impacts that we also help us and future generations have a sustainable environment. Our biodiversity shall also be promoted therefore ensuring we adhere to principles of sustainability.