Fossil Fuel
Dependency on Fossil Fuels
America’s Dependency on Fossil Fuels
America’s Dependency on Fossil Fuels
For the past two hundred years the United States depends more on fossil fuels than any other power source. Without fossil fuels, the industrial revolution would not have had as much of an impact making United States what it is today. However, we as a country are facing very real problems that we must have to address quickly. We are running out of fossil fuels, and soon we will not have fossil fuels to power our economy and move the country forward.
Fossil fuels are a nonrenewable resource, and we are rapidly running out of them. We as a nation need to come up with a plan, otherwise we are going to be faced with very real problems. We are still several decades away from running completely out, but with the negative impact the production and use of fossil fuels have on our environment, we should start planning for alternatives now. Harvesting the fossil fuels and the use of the fuels has a devastating effect on the environment, global warming is the hot topic at the moment. Global warming is believed to be caused by the emissions from burning the fossil fuels that are released into the environment and damaging the ozone layer. Coming up with alternative energy sources can help boost a struggling economy and also help the environment. We, unfortunately, are still several years away from implementing a total eco-friendly alternative.
With the increase in demand for fossil fuels, countries like China and India will have a higher demand as they become more developed. The Chinese government wants to become such a dominant country that each citizen will own their own car. The population in China is such, that if this happens, they will use more than the current world’s production of fossil fuels. With fossil fuels being such a limited resource as it is, this will drive the cost of production up and will thus increase the amount that we as the
America’s Dependency on Fossil Fuels
America’s Dependency on Fossil Fuels
For the past two hundred years the United States depends more on fossil fuels than any other power source. Without fossil fuels, the industrial revolution would not have had as much of an impact making United States what it is today. However, we as a country are facing very real problems that we must have to address quickly. We are running out of fossil fuels, and soon we will not have fossil fuels to power our economy and move the country forward.
Fossil fuels are a nonrenewable resource, and we are rapidly running out of them. We as a nation need to come up with a plan, otherwise we are going to be faced with very real problems. We are still several decades away from running completely out, but with the negative impact the production and use of fossil fuels have on our environment, we should start planning for alternatives now. Harvesting the fossil fuels and the use of the fuels has a devastating effect on the environment, global warming is the hot topic at the moment. Global warming is believed to be caused by the emissions from burning the fossil fuels that are released into the environment and damaging the ozone layer. Coming up with alternative energy sources can help boost a struggling economy and also help the environment. We, unfortunately, are still several years away from implementing a total eco-friendly alternative.
With the increase in demand for fossil fuels, countries like China and India will have a higher demand as they become more developed. The Chinese government wants to become such a dominant country that each citizen will own their own car. The population in China is such, that if this happens, they will use more than the current world’s production of fossil fuels. With fossil fuels being such a limited resource as it is, this will drive the cost of production up and will thus increase the amount that we as the
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