alternative sources

Evaluating alternative sources of energy of the US

The energy situation of the United States is currently worse , an unimaginable situation for the country . This is because of the increasingly large demand for these resources in the daily lives of Americans . As the country reaches its peaks in development and technology , it is suffering from a deficit in the energy division wherein the demands for it are not met , and the supply isn 't enough . The demand for resources like oil has stably increased in the past years and the country depends

much on imported oil so that they could reach the increasing demand . This also increases the price of these resources According to Kouchi , Since 2003 , the unregulated price of natural gas has been very high and volatile - sometimes doubling in a matter of months ADDIN EN .CITE KouchiRoger KouchiFact Sheet on Energy Situation2007March 122006http /www .wutc .wa .gov /webimage .nsf /071d50fefd7ad /514a2aa bbe635f5b882569ba0082e42f !OpenDocument (Kouchi ' With the continuously increasing needs of the people , even the importation of these resources will not be able to provide for the demands . Our needs continuously increase but the supply doesn 't . Even though we turn towards exporting these important energy resources , the costs greatly hurt the pockets of the people

According to Walker , Residential energy use in the United States will increase 25 percent by the year 2025 , according to U .S . Department of Energy (DOE ) forecasts ADDIN EN .CITE WalkerCameron WalkerThe Future of Alternative Energy2007March 122004http /news .nationalgeographic .com /news /2004 /10 /1028_041028_alternative_ener gy .html (Walker ' Because of energy source problem we are experiencing , we are turning towards various alternative sources of energy . Our natural source is slowly getting depleted so we must find another source of the energy we need so much in life . These alternative sources of energy would provide us of the power we need to run business , fuel our transportation , and cook our meals , everything that are essential for us to live . The environment is abundant of these possible resources it just depends on the people on how we would be able to put it into more useful forms These alternative resources include renewable and nonrenewable resources . The renewable resources are wood /biomass , hydropower , solar power , wind energy , wave energy , tidal power and fusion , while the nonrenewable includes oil sands , coal , shale oil , gas hydrates , nuclear fission and geothermal energy . These resources all have the potential to provide us of our needs but there are limitations for every one of them and that they pose underlying effects when they are used , so proper evaluation should be done in to do so

The most feasible of these resources would be the solar power and that of nuclear energy . Since sunlight is a free source for the people , and for a certain time of the day it is available , we will all be experiencing abundance in its supply here on earth . It will depend on how the person would convert the raw solar energy to become a useful...