Monday, January 24, 2011

Green Energy As A Source Of Eco Energy

By Adriana Noton


Human beings have been used to one source of energy for the longest period of time. Fossils are mostly used to power most of the day to day events in a person's life. Since the earth's population is constantly increasing, there is an increased demand in the amount of power needed. The pressure causes a lot of stress on the non-renewable resources. This is not a good sign because in the near future people might just run out of fossils. This is the reason why people are coming up with diverse sources of eco energy.

Most of the alternative sources of power are not destructive to the environment. This means that there are a lot of advantages to be enjoyed from adopting these sources of power. Some people think that the technology used to produce such power is not developed enough to produce sufficient quantities of power. There are so many alternative sources of power, that it is impossible to produce insufficient amounts of power.

Wind, wave and hydropower are just some of the alternatives that people can consider in a bid to save our environment. All these power sources produce clean power that doesn't affect the environment negatively. Coal and nuclear are also viable options, but they are not so eco-friendly.

The problem with coal as a source of power is that it causes the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Previously, the levels of carbon dioxide emitted was not alarming, but nowadays there are so many production plants that there is a concern about their effect on the plant. The higher the demand for power, the more plants are opened to service the growing need.

As much as nuclear plants do not emit toxic gases, they still have their own concerns. People are not comfortable about the nuclear waste produced and how it is disposed. In the past, such waste has caused negative effects on people's lives. Researchers are now trying to come up with ways of producing nuclear power without suffering from pollution. Their attempts have been successful since they are now able to control leakages from the plants before they get serious.

It is very cheap to run power plants producing alternative sources of power. It is not entirely cost free, but it is more economical to produce. This is yet another reason as to why people are being encouraged to look at alternative sources of power.

Green power is a good example of sustainable resources. No matter how much power is produced from these sources they will never get depleted. People are able to use harness resources like the sunlight to create power without having to worry about running low on solar power. Oil on the other hand, is a non-renewable resource, the more it is used, the closer it is to exhausting its sources. If people change their way of thinking now they will save future generations from a lot of problems brought about by depleted power sources.

It is advisable for the current generation to start trying out alternative sources of eco energy. Technology to harvest the power is available, so there is no chance of it not working. Clean sources of power is just what the earth needs to survive.




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