The Energy Debate

The Energy Debate

While there is an ongoing concern to change our over usage of oil, many people have voiced their opinion by suggesting other energy alternatives such as wind and solar power, which may better fit our energy needs. So where do we find these other sources, and will it be more expensive and unnecessary. The debate between McCain and Obama are quite similar in that they both favor the cap and trade system encouraging companies to reduce carbon emissions. While the car dealerships have come out with the hybrids in an effort to help, there is still more changes that need to take place. People need to reduce the amount of fossil fuels burned and start burning natural gases, which releases less carbon dioxide than oil, coal, or wood.

Having your own garden with fresh vegetables and fruit is not only good for you but also good for our environment. Using your grass clippings, eggshells, and coffee grounds to make compost produces carbon dioxide, methane gases, and small amounts of non-methane organic compounds. These gases are a renewable energy source, which can be sold to utility companies (Karen Bouffard, 2009). In the mid west we have the seen the introduction and acceptance of E-85 blending of fossil fuels and bio fuels. NASCAR now uses the same bio fuels exclusively. The main thing to remember is not to allow the mainstream media to influence and push us in one direction or the other. Research must continue on a global scale. Individuals must have unbiased access to the same research so that they may be able to form their own opinion on the legitimacy of global warming and its threat to our way of life. There continues to be a substantial argument between members of the scientific community as to whether or not the threat to global warming is real. I have to say that I have not paid much attention to what has been going on with the energy debate, however, from what I have learned making your own compost is actually helping our environment...