| The basics about alternative energy. | | | | friendly renewable energy sources. |
| The alternative energies that most money has been | | | | Cleaner Fossil Fuels. |
| invested in so far are solar and wind energy. One of | | | | Even if we were to find a sustainable amount of fossil |
| the reasons that these energy sources are so popular | | | | fuels it still has diverse effects on the world we live in. |
| is because of the availability of the fuels and the | | | | The burning of fossil fuels has been proven to be |
| amount of research already conducted into their | | | | directly responsible for the phenomenon of global |
| viability and possible uses. Solar power is probably the | | | | warming, which scientists believe will eventually kill all |
| most effective and available energy that homeowners | | | | vegetation on this planet. However, there are new |
| can use to help do their bit for the renewable energy | | | | technologies being developed that enable us to |
| cause. Photovoltaic tiles are easily and quickly installed | | | | remove 99% of the side effects associated with |
| on the roof, in the garden, on the shed or just about | | | | burning fossil fuels and safely turning them into power. |
| anywhere that you have a little spare room; and they | | | | Regrettably though, this simply isnt an option. |
| arent the eye sores that they once were. Solar panels | | | | The way forward. |
| can be used to heat water, your house or your pool or | | | | The fact is that whether we safely produce energy |
| for providing your entire house with electricity. They | | | | using fossil fuels or not, it simply isnt going to be an |
| are without doubt the easiest way for you to help | | | | option for much longer. Future generations arent going |
| protect the environment. | | | | to be offered the luxury of debating this issue, |
| Around the world. | | | | because without research now it is highly probably that |
| The 1980s saw enough wind and solar power sources | | | | the world will run out of fossil fuels long before we |
| installed in California alone to power over 10 million | | | | come up with a workable alternative. A number of |
| homes but thats still a small drop in the ocean. Nearly | | | | worldwide committees have been set up in order to |
| 80% of the fossil fuel reserves in the world are coal, | | | | discuss and implement the best way forward |
| but coal mining is decreasing with every day that | | | | regarding energy consumption; because of this many |
| passes, and not because of a lack of resource but | | | | countries finally began to take the problem seriously. |
| because of the cost of extraction. These fossil fuels | | | | Many billions of dollars are being thrown into funding |
| only form naturally and they take millions and millions of | | | | research and production of the various fossil fuels as |
| years to reform; this means that when weve run out | | | | well as trying to discover new sources of alternative |
| of fossil fuels we cant just wait for more to appear, | | | | energy. |
| we need to act now to find sustainable, ecologically | | | | |