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Resource: Completed Energy Dependence and Sustainability Worksheet from Week One (This is attached below)

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you do the following:

  • Compare actions you currently use to those you might take in daily activities at home, when commuting, and at work to in a personal effort to reduce the energy you consume. Make an estimate of the impact of your changed behavior.
  • Describe how you might integrate sustainable energy sources options into your home. Include discussion of the feasibility of alternative sources, energy efficient technology, architectural modifications, and green materials. Indicate the expected outcome for adopting these changes.
  • Research methods that other States or Regions have used successfully to reduce energy consumption and based on this, determine actions that your State or Region might take to reduce the amount of energy consumed. Include not only efforts to promote used of alternative sources, energy efficient technology, sustainable architecture, and use of green materials, but also urban planning and land use controls.
  • Describe current sustainable building and development practices and technologies used by your State or Region. Present or cite some evidence of the effectiveness of these practices.
  • Determine improvements you might recommend to the practices in your State or Region.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. NO PLAGIARISM PLEASE!

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Energy Dependence and Sustainability Worksheet ENV/340 Version 4 University of Phoenix Material Energy Dependence and Sustainability Worksheet Track your energy use in a day. Then, write a 75- to 150-word response to each of the following questions: 1. How dependent are you on different types of energy to complete your daily activities? Which type of energy do you use most? Most activities I engage in involve the use of power. I depend on different kinds of energy for various activities. For instance, I use gas energy for cooking. Most of my laundry is done using the electricity obtained from the nuclear power. Nuclear energy takes the major part in my power consumption. I use the electricity generated from it for lighting, Ironing, heating, sometimes for cooking. Electronic devices like television, radio, and computers in my homestead rely on power. Nevertheless, the office where I work relies on the same kind of energy to power the machines. Without electricity, I believe life will be hard for me since I will not be able to perform most of my daily activities. 2. Using your experience as typical, how dependent on energy is our society? Why? Our society depends heavily on energy. From experience, almost every activity in the homesteads and industries need a given form of energy to Copyright © 2016, 2015 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. 1 Energy Dependence and Sustainability Worksheet ENV/340 Version 4 exist. It is evident that our society is highly dependent on energy to survive considering the rate at which the energy sources are depleting. This leads to finding out new ways of increasing energy in the society. The economy of our state relies on energy. Power is responsible for propelling the machines in the industry used in the production processes. For instance, without production, food and chemical supplies will go down, and the community will suffer. This means that the society depends either directly or indirectly to the energy available. 3. What types of energy are consumed in your state? How is this energy used? The type of energy consumed in Georgia includes nuclear, coal, hydroelectric power and natural gas. The nuclear power and coal are used in the production of electricity which is used in the industries to run machines for production. For the generation of electricity using nuclear, the nuclear plants use steam and heat to produce electricity. Through fission due to the splitting of uranium atoms, steam which is used in powering the turbines responsible for energy produced is made. 4. What percentage of electricity in your state is generated by nuclear power? Copyright © 2016, 2015 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. 2 Energy Dependence and Sustainability Worksheet ENV/340 Version 4 From statistics, approximately twenty-six percent of the state’s electricity comes from the existing four nuclear reactor units. However, with planning, two more nuclear reactor units will be added at the Vogtle nuclear power plant which is located in Burke County, Georgia. This will increase the amount of power obtained from nuclear reaction in the state. The two plants which were approved by the Nuclear Regulatory commission in 2012 are supposed to be operational in 2019 and 2020 (U.S. Energy Information Administration, 2017). 5. Do you think nuclear power is a sustainable energy source? Why? I think nuclear power is a sustainable source of energy. First, nuclear energy relieves the state from relying on other states for electric supply. We have our own source and no need to be dependents. Nuclear power reduces carbon emissions to the atmosphere unlike other energy sources like coal and gas. This is crucial since it helps to minimize the depletion of the ozone layer which results in global warming. For Copyright © 2016, 2015 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. 3 Energy Dependence and Sustainability Worksheet ENV/340 Version 4 instance, fossil fuels and coal emit gasses which are harmful to the atmosphere, hence interfering with life on the planet, but for nuclear energy, the gas emission is not intense. Reference: U.S. Energy Information Administration. Georgia State Profile and Energy Estimates. August 18 2016. web . 16 July 2017. Copyright © 2016, 2015 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. 4 Energy Dependence and Sustainability Worksheet ENV/340 Version 4 Copyright © 2016, 2015 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. 5
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