Not In My Back Yard Summary

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

Evidence: According to the Obama Administration, the United States has nearly doubled clean renewable energy generated by wind, solar, and geothermal since 2008.

Electric Utilities are a vital industry to the overall economy, and to our very way of life. Keeping the lights on, is for many people, the reason they go to work, that along with food, and other necessities. Therefore these companies serve a very important role, and just like other industries there is competition. Specifically, for our purposes, the electric utilities industry I’m going to focus on is the transmission of power from a generator, to a distribution center, another utilities company, or the final consumer. The key economic drivers, in this industry revolve, as always, around demand. Therefore consumption, number of households, price of electricity, manufacturing capacity and public capital investments are all derived from the demand coming from the end users, in the economy (IBISworld). These metrics are a result of a heavily regulated market, in which the consumers, and therefore its agent, the government, hold most of the power in this industry. Electric power transmission is a mature industry in the United States, and its projected growth over the next ten years is a modest 1.2% (Morningstar). This industry will be examined as a whole and then comparatively, as I inspect companies performing in this sector and their relative performance.

Conference Focus: Implement a new policy within five years to move into renewable energy, with a focus on solar power, while decreasing the use of fossil fuels. This policy will examine the barriers to implement new renewable energy technologies that will decrease the carbon dioxide emissions and identify ways to overcome these barriers through incentives, tax breaks, and attitudinal changes.

I.analysis: It is likely that, with the rate of consumption of energy as it is, the equilibrium point of energy use and input costs will peak earlier than predicted, causing a disproportionate slide into debt. This will prove a serious economic disadvantage in the future as the national rate of production may plummet without a sustainable energy source. The US may not be able to compete with other fast-moving countries or even be able to profuse enough for their own nation’s needs.

Shifting the majority of energy consumption in the U.S. to clean energy would affect people and businesses both in and outside of the nation. This inevitably creates concern surrounding the topic and causes delays due to necessary controversy and questioning. While plenty of concerns are valid, others have been answered by studies and reports by various organizations but have yet to reach the public in masses.

This paper explores the economic impact the Clean Power Plan, as proposed by President Obama, would have on the coal industry and on society as a whole. The plan, also known as the CPP, has a goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2030. Many proponents of the coal industry claim that the CPP would harm the United States economy with little positive impact on the environment. The White House, other government agencies, scholarly organizations, and organizations regarding the protection of human health and the environment dispute these claims, stating that the CPP would actually lead to a net increase in employment, increased air quality, and an overall healthier society, all while promoting the renewable energy sector. After analyzing the data from both sides, it was determined in this paper that the overall benefits of the Clean Power Plan outweigh the costs, therefore the plan should go forward as planned.

Thomas talked about the importance of understanding the current problems and our resources are starting to become limited as the United States is becoming over populated with a high consuming generation of middle class people. Friedman recommends that green energy will be the next major advancement that will help slow down global warming and the use of our resources. The book explains the needs for the renewable energy technology that will ultimately make the United States the strongest

Peg cleared her throat, then stated,“Well I am here to help. First, let me tell you about the electric cooperatives. In 1935, Tennesseeans formed 23 electric cooperatives to bring electricity to rural areas. The electric cooperative can install electricity in your very own home for you. Tennessee’s electric cooperatives already provide power to more than 1.1 million homes, farms, and businesses across rural and suburban Tennessee. Believe it or not, electric cooperatives are owned by the consumers they serve and operate as not-for-profit businesses. This means rates are kept low. Consumers are the priority. Since the beginning, the primary goal of co-ops has not changed, and that is to provide safe, reliable and affordable energy to our neighbors. So, what do you say, Edward? How about we get you some electricity in your wonderful home and invite some people over to have a celebration of

Alternatively many people support for a energy plan that only uses renewable energy sources for power. This plan will not be able to work. Energy sources like wind and solar can fail to work because of weather conditions (Spector). This creates a huge problem that must be solved for this plan to work. There might possible

Environmentalists have pushed hard to try and get clean energy like solar and wind more affordable so the world can make a transition to clean energy. The reason renewable energy is not being pushed as hard as it should has to do with the government. Oil companies practically bribe republicans in the house and the senate to ignore attempts to make clean energy possible. When clean energy becomes more popular and affordable, oil production and business goes down. These oil companies don’t want anything but money, and they are getting money in the wrong way. They are destroying the the Earth for their own wealth, which is an extremely monstrous

In this day and age, we have new energy sources that could be used to power our homes and transportation. Wind and solar power are used all over the world, but are still used far less than fossil fuels. Most would say it’s not reliable or it doesn’t make any profit. While both statements are true, it doesn’t mean we can’t make a better future using renewable energy. In fact, the only reason we don’t use renewables for everything is that we don’t want to change. The hard truth is we need to change. Fossil fuels are great right now, but if we run out, humanity must have another source of energy.

Cost of electric bill are one of many problems that home owners face, and Stable energy prices is one of the ways renewable energy can provide people. Once the renewable energy equipment/product is installed, which for sure will cost money, but think of it as an investment and not a waste. Once installed they operate at low cost saving many people money. I can tell you a step by step way people can install a solar power system, shown by MERTZ ESSWEIN and PATRICIA. The cost would be, the typical home system has 6 kilowatts of generating capacity, which costs about $21,400 to install before any financial incentives and the 30% federal tax credit. In return the savings would be, you can

Renewable energy sources like solar, wind and hydroelectric are available but are not used often. I want us to put a limit on countries on how much non-renewable energy sources they can use. Only if we work together, help the other countries can we accomplish this. In fact, just today(1/24) Scotland has set a goal for using 50% renewable energy by 2030. I think that Scotland has set a realistic goal and that other countries should follow their lead. Non-renewable energy sources are bound to run out and when they do, we can either be ready by using renewable energy or have a global crisis. One of the best renewable energy sources currently is solar energy. Solar panels cost very little to install and have little to no maintenance. The sun provides us with more energy than we need. In fact, in just over an hour, the sun provides enough energy to run the world for an entire year. Even with the current 20% efficient solar panels, we could easily solve our energy problem. Therefore, by beginning to transition to solar energy today, we will be preventing a catastrophe of

Our thinking today about renewable energy has been fed to us by poor thoughts and misinterpitation of our recent history. An era of industrialization during the nineteenth century was dominated by coal later turning to oil or any other type of natural power. One of the final factors in not switching to renewable energy as fast as we would like to see is the economics for large corporation and nations to stop using fossil fuels. This would be devastating to their investments. America is not ready for that.