Writing Exercise I Exploratory Investigation: Renewable Energy

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Renewable energy
While many countries rely on conventional energy based on fossil fuels, there has been interest in promoting the renewable energy sources meeting energy security requirements and environmental changes are some of the cited reasons for renewable energy use. While fossil fuels are depleted over time, renewable energy can be harnessed from various sources. Technological advancements have reduced the cost of renewable resources, and a favorable investment is necessary to foster the renewable energy sector (Nasirov et al 2). The challenge in developing renewable energy that is reliable and cost effective, as wind and solar are not available at all times of the year. Even as oil and gas prices are low compared to five years ago, support for renewable energy’s associated with utilizing the cleaner energy sources and reducing greenhouse emissions.
One of the reasons that have been advanced for using renewable energy is that it is cleaner than fossil fuels. Europeans have been more open to adopting such energy sources with biofuels one of the most common since solar and wind energy are less reliable there. However, even the biofuel production resulted in higher prices for vegetable oils. Additionally, since the biodiesels were mostly imported, there was recognition that forests were being cleared for the sake of biofuels, challenging the notion that the option was better for the environment. The lithium ion batteries are some of the most commonly used to store energy, but disposing them is a challenge as the chemicals pollute the environment (Diouf and Pode...