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it is easy to criticize society for not using renewable resources, but in reality, how difficult would this transition be? What processes and procedures would be involved? How would such a transition be made?

The purpose of this assignment is for you to consider what type of energy your neighborhood is currently powered by and what it would really take to convert this source to a renewable one. How much would it take to switch your community to a renewable resource and what would this mean for the environment?

For the assignment, complete the following:

  • Identify three primary types of energy that powers your home as well as all of the homes in your community. You may find this information on your community Web site or the Web sites of the local power companies. For example, your community may use electricity and solar panels.
  • Explain how the sources of energy you identified impact the environment. Consider the following:
    • Does the use of these types of energy resource have a negative impact on the environment in your area?
    • Does your community have nuclear waste to dispose of?
    • Has your community always used these three power sources? If so, how do you feel this has impacted the environment over time?
    • How much of an impact have these sources of energy had on local air and water quality?
  • Considering the current source(s) of power available, determine how much energy your house uses each month. You can find this information on your monthly energy bill.Calculate your annual usage for a year. Using this value, estimate the energy consumption for your community. The US Census Bureau is one resource you can use to estimate the number of households in your community (washington DC is where i live) (you can use your own community as far as the households and so forth )

You can use the following formula for this calculation:

(monthly energy usage) × (12 months per year) = (household energy usage per year);
(yearly energy estimate for your house) × (estimated number of houses in your community) = (estimated yearly energy use for your community)

  • Recommend a realistic, renewable resource to power your community, using your calculated power needs. Consider the following sources: hydropower, solar power, wind turbines, and geothermal energy.
    • Which source would be the best for your community?
    • Justify your choice based on the kind of resources that are available, how much power these alternative sources can produce, and your estimated energy demands for the community.
  • Having recommended an alternative power source, conclude by addressing the following:
    • How realistic is this alternative power source for your community?
    • How will people in your community respond to energy conversion? Will they support it or be against it? Give reasons.
    • How expensive would it be to convert to the alternative power source you recommended? How would this new source impact the environment?
    • What organisms would benefit most from this conversion?

Support your statements with appropriate examples and approximately 4–6 credible resources.

Write an 8–10-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources

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The three fundamental sources of power used in the city of California are natural gas,
wind power and solar panels. These sources have a diverse effect on the earth, for instance, the
organizations that produce power utilize a verity of techniques to prepare and make it. Most
systems for producing power discharge carbon dioxide and other gasses that ingest and transmit
radiation into Earth's climate. While little amounts of carbon dioxide exist normally in the
climate, the generation of power has enormously increased greenhouse gasses in the planet's
environment. The researchers believe that these gasses add to an unnatural level of global
warming that can possibly influence the worldwide atmosphere, annihilate creature populaces
and change nearby biological systems. Moreover utilizing an unnecessary measure of electrical
cables in each area can regularly bring about creatures, mostly birds, to fly into the lines and
shock themselves.
My people group has not generally utilized the three power sources. Two of the three
power sources have been utilized as a part of the past, electric and natural gas. Sunlight based
power is the new source of power that this group is executing in the new up and coming
neighborhoods and are putting forth incentives through the legislature to help pay for the sun
oriented power overhauls for individuals' homes that were worked without it. I feel with the
utilization of sun based influence it will improve the earth and not simply with the wind power
but rather it will help many people spare a ton of cash on their electric bills.
The sun gives a huge resource to producing perfect and economical power without lethal
pollution. Consequently, the city of California has picked to utilize this asset as an approach to
influence homes and decrease power utilization, while likewise sparing community cash on their
electric bill. The potential ecological effects related with sunlight based power are land use and
environment misfortune, water utilizes, and the utilization of unsafe materials in assembling can

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Ecology and Environment
differ extraordinarily relying upon technology, which incorporates two general classes:
photovoltaic (PV) sun oriented cells or concentrating sun based thermal plants (CSP).
The size of the framework going from little, circulated housetop PV clusters to expansive
utility-scale PV and CSP ventures play an important role in the environmental impact. There is a
less open door for sun-powered activities to share the land with agriculture...


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