Examples Of Goals For A National Energy Policy

In recent years there has been great concern over the growing demand for energy, and the lack of non-renewable energy resources to meet the demand in the future. In addition, the question of “sustainability”—the ability to balance social, economic, and environmental needs in energy production to meet both current and long-term requirements—has come to the fore. It is clear that America must expand energy production quickly, and that we must develop renewable, sustainable energy sources to meet long-term demand and protect our future. There are many proposed solutions, such as wind and solar power. But the technology for these resources is not yet fully developed, making them, at best, low-output alternatives. Because renewable sources are

Firstly, I think it was apparent that the previous UK energy policies did not pay sufficient attention to environmental problems which was quite an unethical standpoint. It was therefore necessary that a major policy direction of the EWP 2003 was a commitment by the UK government to invest resources towards meeting national milestone of reducing

This year we have seen more electric and hybrid vehicle startups than ever before.” (Morrison) Nearly everyone recognizes the benefits of the shift, both in terms of how it would help our environment in the long term, but also the economic impact it would have, (reduced gas costs, lower electric and other utilities bills... etc.) But still, many large companies work to impede the progress in favor of maintaining our dependence on fossil fuels. The American Petroleum institute has worked with many oil industry protection companies to stymie the renewable energy movement, even in some cases, “posing as environmentalist groups in order to attract the support of environmentalists while simultaneously pushing their anti-renewable agenda.” (Blankenhorn) Many of these companies striving against renewable energy also support the building of the Keystone pipeline, using the justification that the building of the pipeline would lower gas prices. But what they fail to acknowledge is the basic economic fallacy of this, “Fossil energy prices are not going to fall. The more you remove carbon-based resources from the ground, the more it costs to get more.”

Energy is more than a utility that keeps the lights on in our homes or the gas in our cars; it’s a foundational resource that plays a key role in a nation’s ability to provided economic opportunity and basic services and security to its people. As such, it is imperative to a nation’s overall security that it develops/acquires access to energy, ensures energy needs are properly met and supplies are readily available, and disruptions minimized. Policy directs that the U.S. has a role in developing energy security throughout the world. For the U.S., we’ve long recognized the importance of energy security and have gone to great lengths to ensure its protection by developing depth and breadth in energy capabilities,

Although things seem rather dim light for the mountain of problems we’ve been avoiding to handle, others have taken it upon themselves to find a solution by pressing the technological advances on renewable energy and lower its price tag to make it more available to others. Tesla, a car company with a line of cars running solely on electricity. Their first few models ran a very high price tag make it almost impossible for most middle and lower class citizens to join the eco-frontier. The company created a new car with the idea of lower income families in mind pricing it on almost an average with new economic cars. They’ve also pressed the matter of transitioning from fossil fuels to a cleaner form of energies that they’ve released their blue prints of their cars to the public. Renewable energies aren’t being used only in cars, they’re being used on homes to fill all our necessity and luxuries needs of living with the forms such as solar power, water, and wind. Solar panels are being seen more and more on houses to fill homes with electricity. Collecting the heat rays from the sun to convert it to electricity that fills all home needs and can fuel your car. Wind turbines have been set up in open fields to harness the powerful winds to fuel power for cities to event states. Smaller turbines have been set in people’s yards to fuel their

Renewable energy may seem like a daunting task, but the benefits to humanity could be incredible. Public uses of renewable energy range from transportation all the way to heating and cooling. Everything we use could become less explosive and less expensive. Cities with a high concentration of people could become safer and healthier places to live. Transportation could be converted to electricity dramatically, improving smog conditions. Global warming may or may not

Sometimes, Americans prefer to use some energy resources which have negative impacts on the environment as they are not only have negative impacts on the environment but other advantages as well. Just like coal, its mining practices frequently risk human lives and dramatically alter natural landscapes. On the other hand it is economically beneficial to the United States. Coal is easy to transfer, which means companies do not need to use a large amount of excessing money for transferring. Americans can choose more environmentally friendly energy resources like geothermal or wind energy, but they choose to use coal or other depletable energy as they consider of the economy of the country. Using renewable energy needs to spend more money compared to the nonrenewable energy fuels. At the same time it needs to consider different aspects, like the geographic or economic factors.They need to invest on renewable

So how much energy did you use today? Probably you have little or no idea. You are not alone. Unfortunately, this is just one of many resource-related questions that require our attention yet receive little of it. Others include: Which energy sources did you use?; What was the price of the energy per kilowatt-hour produced?; Where did this energy originate from both geologically and geopolitically?; Is the energy source that you used exhaustible?; What social and ecological damage can result from the use of this energy source and how does this compare with other available ones? All of these questions require our attention if we are going to contribute to the dialogue concerning our national energy policy.

The United States consumes more energy than needed, compared to the rest of the world. However, to properly address such an issue as over consumption of energy, one first must understand what “energy” is.

Now that we know what National security is and what it has to do with our everyday lives, I’d like to explain what national security has to do with energy. I mentioned that one of the branches of our national security is the security of natural resources and energy. “By the word energy is meant the power of doing work; and the energy which a laboring man possesses means, in the strictly physical sense, the number of units which he is capable of accomplishing,” (Stewart, 647). Since man require such energy to do work, it is important that a group focus solely on energy security. “Energy” and natural resources can consist of materials we use in our everyday lives; water, sources of energy such as the wind and sun, fossil fuel, land, and power. As of 2011, the US has been one of the world’s largest energy consumers (Sovacool). Sovacool also describes energy security as “equitably providing available, affordable, reliable, efficient, environmentally benign, properly governed and socially acceptable energy services to customers.”

Renewable energy is the source of the future energy developments. We are seeing a dramatic shift in the attitude toward renewable energy throughout the world. Many countries turning towards cleaner methods and more safe, practical, and efficient. Countries such as Norway and iceland are almost one hundred percent run on renewable resources with clean energy and air. Focusing specifically on the United States, we have an issue with change and die to the fact of political and economic pressures we have a true wicked problem in our midst.

     It is important for the consumers to realize the magnitude of the energy situation and strive to provide their children with the tools and the education to properly conserve the resources available. These simple tasks can start in the home and can be easily applied to everyday life. For example, it’s more efficient to leave a light on instead of turning it off

Apart from the emerging interest in government energy planning, there is also action in the private sector. The Google Sunroof project is an example. There are two new P2P companies operating in Australia (inside the meter). They are LO3 Energy in Byron Bay and Power Ledger in Perth and both may find value

For starters, modern economy relies heavily on fossil fuels, which is a main resource that contributes to global warming. Adopting renewable energy might sharply reduce GHG emissions. However, according to international energy agency, “switching from fossil fuels to low-carbon sources of energy will cost $44 trillion between now and 2050”(IEA, 2009). In case 44 trillion is too abstract, 1 trillion dollar can fill up an entire soccer field and stack more than 10 feet high. This cost could be intimidating for any country. Moreover, the cost also depends on how long it takes for us to start reducing emissions. “The IPCC report showed that continuing to hold off on reducing emissions could increase costs by 40 percent” (IPCC, 2008) For developing countries, this cost would be a financial burden and a limiting reagent on GDP growth. Socially, civilian’s life quality will be affected by the GDP reduction. As a result, it becomes more challenging for countries to take initiative in addressing this problem. The question eventually came down to whom should bear the astronomical cost? Are we willing to invest in something that might cost more than its benefits?

To promote sustainable energy policies for economic growth and environment protection, reduce greenhouse gas emission that contributes to climate change.