Need To Use Renewable Energy Sources: Environmental Safety

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Need To Use Renewable Energy Sources
The high growth in population as well as increased industrial civilization has led to a high competition in energy resources around the globe. This has led to the emergence of several problems that have impacted the globe negatively. The problem of environmental pollution and climate change due to the greenhouse gases is a manifestation of the negative effects of the nonrenewable sources of energy. Umair’s research reveals that there is a shortage in supply of nonrenewable energy which has led to increased demand for energy especially in developing countriesCITATION Uma12 \p 1 \l 1033 (Umair 1). This has prompted countries like the USA to opt for other renewable sources of energy. The adoption of the renewable sources of energy has been considered an expensive adventure especially among the developing nations across the world. These costs also entail the costs of the relevant technology system for implementing this type of energy source. Also, other protagonists have argued that the renewable sources of energy tend to be weather dependent which is unreliable in most occasions such as the solar energy. Despite this, the introduction of the renewable energy will introduce a new energy mix which will eventually stabilize the prices of other sources of energy. It also contributes to a healthy environment and contributes to the economy greatly. Accordingly, this paper proves that the use of renewable energy sources is the ultimate solution for sustainable energy needs.
Public Health and Environmental Safety
Utilization of renewable sources of energy such as the employment of electricity generated from renewable energy resources rather than fossil fuels offers essential public health benefits. The environmental pollution created through the application of fossil fuels such as coal and the natural gas could be eliminated. These energy sources contribute significantly to health problems such as breathing problems, heart attacks, neurological damage, and cancerCITATION Sur11 \p 1520 \l 1033 (Surendra, Kaushik and Panwar 1520). The health care burden of fossil fuel report revealed that replacing fossil fuels with the renewable energy sources has been found to reduce premature mortality and the lost work days. In addition, it reduces the overall costs of healthcare. Surendra et. al (1520) revealed that the aggregate national economic impact associated with the fossil fuels is between $361.7 and $886.5 billion. The solar, wind and hydroelectric systems produce electricity with no air pollution-related emissions. Geothermal and biomass energy systems on the other hand emit some air pollutants but much lower than those of coal and natural gas-fired power plant.
Wind and solar energy do not necessarily need water to operate; they, therefore, do not pollute water resources or restrain supply by competing with agriculture, drinking water systems and other uses of water. On the other hand the utilization of both natural gas and coal pollute sources of water. Extraction of natural gas by hydraulic fracturing requires a lot of water. Also, thermal power plants including those powered by coal, gas, and oil, withdraw and consume water for coolingCITATION Nel08 \p 7 \...