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The country of Cameroon is considered a third world country and the production and quality of energy matches this view. Rural Cameroon experiences many black outs and is in constant need of more energy for the population to perform basic tasks such as cooking with greater ease and with a higher knowledge of hygiene. The main issue is the quality of the generated power; this is a result of the method of production and transportation of the power.

Burkina Faso’s energy resources are limited to four (4) hydropower installations. All the hydrocarbons need to fuel the country are imported from the neighbouring countries having access to the sea, because Burkina Faso does not have any domestic oil resource (Ouédraogo, 2010). Burkina Faso is among the poorest countries in the world and the GDP is evaluated to $12.88 billion in 2013 (World Bank, 2013). Only 18% of the population has access to electricity including 40% in urban area and 3% in rural area. Burkina Faso has the highest electricity’s price in Africa; and is approaching 35 US cents the kWh due to the high price of the fuel imports (Briceño-Garmendia and Domínguez-Torres, 2011).

In my community, and most other communities in the United States, there is a huge lack in energy conservation, a very pressing issue currently. Large amounts of fossil fuels and fuel emissions are given off daily, but many of the sources of these emissions and harmful chemicals can be prevented if the community puts its mind to it.

The current population of the world consumes the world’s renewable resources 15 percent faster than they can be replaced (Safina). The population of the world is expected to

The aim of this experiment to determine whether energy is conserved as it is converted from one form of energy to another using a cart which rolls up and down an incline plane. The cart was given velocity by releasing a compressed spring within the cart onto a hard object (force sensor) and then letting it move and up and down the incline plane. Logger Pro recorded the carts velocity and displacement while the cart was in motion as well as the force felt on the sensor at the bottom of the plane during this time period. Whether or not energy was conserved was determined by calculating the energy of the cart at different points on the incline plane and comparing these different values. The initial energy of the cart before it was projected was calculated to be (0.144 + 0.02) J, when the energy was all elastic potential energy and the energy of the cart when the spring was at maximum compression during the first collision with the sensor was calculated to be (0.03+0.00294) J, when energy was again all elastic potential energy. This shows that energy was not conserved during the motion of the cart up and down the incline plane, therefore work was done by frictional forces and the normal to the incline. The energy of the cart was lost to heat, sound, and mostly friction between the spring and the cart.

Energy runs everything. Energy makes your cars move, powers electronic devices, and makes light bulbs give emit light. Where does almost all of this energy come from? Currently, standard fossil fuels provide for 82% of the United States’ energy demand (Bradley et al.). Many people depend on power from a highly limited source of energy known as fossil fuels. The world’s main sources of these fuels suffer substantial deprivation. The question of what will happen once these deposits become fully deprived of oil remains a serious issue. The world will fall into turmoil unless a majority of people switch to an alternative source of energy as soon as possible. Alternative sources of energy typically cost more economically, although alternative energy sources remain much more reliable and green when compared to fossil fuels. Along with reliability, with advancements in technology, those alternative energy sources have the potential to take over the need for fossil fuels and become far less expensive to harness and utilize. The utilization of these alternative energy sources would not only fix the issues regarding the Middle East and having to rely on their harnessing of oil, but also many modern economic problems remaining from the need for oil from the Middle East.

Concern over the end of nonrenewable resources has increasingly grown in the population over the recent decades. Hydrocarbons, specifically oil and gas, are being depleted rapidly. According to imeche.org, only 1.3 trillion barrels of attainable oil remain. At the current rates of consumption, that equivocates to around 2055 when oil should just about be depleted. (imeche.org, 2014) Recent advances in oilfield technology continue to push back the date of annihilation of these resources, but eventually there will be some point in time in which our oil and gas reserves become extinct. At whatever time that happens, society must be prepared to use alternatives methods to reach our energy demands. Because of this inevitable

“Nigeria is currently the largest oil producer in Africa and was the world 's fourth-largest exporter of LNG in 2015. Nigeria 's oil production is hampered by instability and supply disruptions, while its natural gas sector is restricted by the lack of infrastructure to commercialize natural gas that is currently flared (burned off).” (British Petroleum, 2016) Nigeria is a member of OPEC. Although Nigeria is the largest oil producer in Africa, its production is affected by unplanned outages; some that have been estimated to have been up to 500,000 BPD. (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2016) Nigeria’s petroleum industry is impacted by regulatory uncertainty, corruption, mismanagement of oil subsidies, oil theft, sabotage, environmental damages, and piracy in offshore West Africa.

The Nigerian oil production has been an issue that has become a cruse to the people for so many years. According to reports, the oil production has lubricated to Nigeria’s failure because it has damaged the economy as well as the environment and democracy. Anyone would think that a country that has an enormous resource of petroleum would be economically stable but this is not the case in Nigeria. For many years Nigeria has suffered effects directly as well indirectly from the oil industry. For my research I am drawing from two sets of sources. I will be referring to the books that I have researched as my A-sources. The newspaper articles will be referred as my B-sources in this paper. Through out my paper, I will show you how and explain why the media today only reports one side of the story while the books on my geopolitical topic will tell the background to the events occurring.

Most children in the Niger delta have little or no education, due to lack of funds from their parents who have lost their lands and have no jobs because of limited opportunities. The Niger delta government and the oil companies have refused to look into the situation; instead they favor their close relations neglecting the masses. Corruption in the Niger delta has led some youths in taking drastic measure in order to put food on their table. For example, Ikechukwu Efe an indigene of the Niger delta said that some of his friends created their own “oil refinery”, which is made up of crude oil in metal barrels with controlled heat from fire woods. This is a dangerous process in refining crude oil but the degree of poverty in the state left his friends with no choice. If only the government of the Niger delta have created jobs with the wealth of the state Ikechukwu’s friend would not have to put their lives in danger. Until corruption is put to an abrupt the people of the Niger delta will continue to live in poverty.

It was in the Spring of 2013, in a remote village in Malaysia, when I realized that I want to pursue a meaningful career in the field of energy access and human development. I spent around 10 days in the pristine forests, rivers and mountains of Buayan village, as part of my master’s course “Energy and Poverty Solutions” field trip. The objective of our trip was to conduct field assessments and explore solutions to improve the energy access situation in the village. Buayan had a micro-hydro energy system that had broken down and stayed idle for months, leaving many in the community without electricity. Some of the locals adapted to the new situation, while others operated loud and polluting generators that relied on

In Ghana, however, the practice of delivering modern energy systems has been existent for several decades. It is evidence from the amount of interactions and initiatives the

Energy conservation is a method to limit or control the use of energy resources in our day to day lives. It is a process which limits or reduces the amount of energy used. Energy conservation is an important necessity in our day to day lives, as the energy resources present on the Earth is limited. With the expansion of technology, the use and consumption of energy resources have been increased gradually over the years. Energy conservation can be done through the efficient use of energy i.e. reducing the consumption of energy resources. Conservation of energy is advantageous both for us and for the environment too. It is an important aspect which will help us in shaping the lives of our future generations. Energy conservation

The World Bank makes the statement about energy poverty more concrete by linking the high cost of energy to economic un-competitiveness by noting that such costs also impair the ability of the poor to obtain access to basic energy resources: “Yet high costs of energy compromise the affordability of basic energy needs for households and the competitiveness of industry … Where they are retained, subsidies need to be sharply targeted to the poor.”

Nearly three billion people worldwide rely on biomass fuels (2.4 billion) and coal (0.4 billion) burnt inefficiently on open fires or simple stoves. These traditional household energy practices have dramatic consequences for health, the environment and socio-economic development. Ensuring access to clean and efficient household energy is therefore a major and urgent challenge faced by low- and middle-income countries. Energy is a key factor for economic and social development. Worldwide, more than two billion people lack access to sustainable and modern energy technologies, (Amigun et al, 2008). In African energy sector, reform is rampant, institutional roles are shifting and new players are entering the market. Rising prices of crude oils and its related pollution which has seen decline in ozone layer has seen many countries adopting renewable methods to substitute this. Othere energy sources like electricity are still out of reach by many people. energy needs of the developing world have to be met in a sustainable manner. The invention and diffusion of green energy technologies in developing countries is one of the strategies perceived as instrumental in combating the negative effects related to the use of traditional hearths (Rwiza, 2009).