Various Methods of Electricity

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A Comparison of Methods Used to Produce Electricity

At present , global energy issues will continue to pick up the pace , as the world as increases its consumption of the few non-renewable sources the planet has left . Currently , the price of oil in the world market has been hitting record highs of over 100 a barrel (The Independent . And the trend of increasing consumption of the black resources shows no signs of let-up , as industrial giants China and India are set to increase their economic machines ' intake of the

resource known as black gold (Independent

The question posed then is , how do we go about changing the way that energy is harnessed and generated for global consumption ? As more and more of the wrold 's population become accessible to the benefits of electricity , the more resources from traditional sources will be used (United States Department of Energy . American energy officials are currently conducting research on how to keep a most abundant source for energy generation in the mix of the American power infastructure , namely the use of coal (U .S . DoE . The challenge for the Energy Department is to address the environmental problems that is associated with the use of coal in today 's power plants (U .S . DoE . New methods of utilizing coal for power generation are currently being undertaken to alleviate the incidence of greenhouse gas emissions when coal is used (U .S . DoE

Another solution is the development of technology that will trap the gases , thereby stopping these from further worsening the already delicate global pollution concern (U .S .DoE . Natural gas , another traditional source for electricity generation , is currently on the rise as a source for energy (U .S .DoE . A majority of the power plants to be put up by the United States over a 30-year period will be using natural gas as a primary fuel source (U .S . DoE . As a nation with one of the most advanced infastructure in terms of electricity generations , the system must be upodated and modernized to meet the growing demand for electricity (U .S . DoE

This seeming unstoppable increase in the need and consumption for power has led to a considerable amount of pressure on the world 's energy stocks (Ann-Marie Fleming . The continued rise in the cost of these tradtional sources , the ripple effects of the utter dependence on these sources and the envrionmental issues akin to the use and expolitation of these sources have produced symtoms such as dependence on foreign energy reserves and a lack of security in energy (Fleming . Much of the power that is being generated for industrial , commercial and residential use at present is being harnessed from plants that use fossil fuels such as oil , coal and natural gas , or from nuclear power plants (Matt Dutort Eric Stiles . The emissions that fossil-fuel based plants do contribute to the global pollution menace . These include the formation of acid rain , that destroy forest cover for various wildlife (Dutort Stiles

Another concern...