Argumentation Essay

The Need for the National Environmental Policy to focus on the Development of Renewable Energy Sources
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The Need for Renewable Sources of Energy
The survival of major economic and commercial activities in the world depends on the oil industry. In industrially advanced nations like America, for instance, oil is the main source of energy and principal facilitator of major production activities. As the leading drivers of national economies globally, the transport and manufacturing sectors rely almost exclusively on oil energy resources. However, overdependence on oil energy sources poses a great shortage risk because oil is a nonrenewable resource. With the current trend of increasing oil demand around the world, the risk of depletion is inevitable. To avert a potential energy crisis, it is, as a matter of urgency, necessary to anticipate the possibility of the exhaustion of nonrenewable energy sources like oil, and in response, prepare for the impending oil shortage. This is especially the case for America, whose consumption surpasses her production capacity and consequently, relies on imported crude oil. In this light, the future of the global economy in general and that of America in particular not only depends on effective business practices, but more critically, the utilization of renewable energy sources like hydropower, wind, and solar energy. This essay argues for the need of the national environmental policy to focus on developing renewable energy sources as the most viable means of ensuring sustainable development.
A major source of concern regarding the reliance on oil energy resources is the idea of peak oil, and the energy crisis it portends. Peak oil is the concept that there is maximum limit in the production of oil, at which point the oil wells will reach their maximum potential in terms of oil production, and after which its global production will decline and eventually diminish (Craft, 2011). The peak oil conce...