Moving from Fossil Fuels to Alternative Energy Sources

Alternative Energy Sources
MOVING FROM FOSSIL FUELS TO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES
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"Moving from fossil fuels to alternative energy sources is the best way to prevent global
warming and protect the environment "

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Introduction
Energy is an important factor for both human and economic development. Its significance
has come due to industrialization and major invention for satisfying human economic and social
development. However, for the past few decades, the reliance on non-renewable sources of
energy has created global complication. The use of non-renewable sources has been stated as a
cause of the rising rate of carbon dioxide, heat, climatic changes, and other issues connected to
global warming. Alternative sources of energy are required to mitigate these complications while
still satisfying the rising needs of energy. This paper argues that moving from fossil fuels to
alternative energy sources is the best way to prevent global warming and protect the
environment. Firstly, the paper considers that moving to renewable energies would reduce the
climate changes which are highly affected. Secondly, the paper argues that renewable energy is
sustainable thus making it more advantageous than non-renewable energy.
Renewable Energy Reduce Climate Changes
According to (Jain, 2015), developing effective mechanisms for utilization of natural
resources is fundamental to meeting societal needs. In the 2012 Global Energy Assessment
(GEA Writing Team, 2012), the report stated that the current issues of health are the result of
direct effects on climate change. These effects are caused by the increasing heat waves and rising
sea levels. Increased heat waves lead to a rise in temperatures and humidity. The higher
temperatures cause the formation of ozone which then causes negative outcomes on
cardiovascular and respiratory health. Even though climate changes were experienced even
centuries ago, the rapid change in recent years is alarming. Apart from higher temperatures, there
is also an alarming rise in carbon dioxide.

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Increase in industrialization and the use of fossil fuel for the past decades have led to an
increase in carbon dioxide (Asumadu-Sarkodie and Owusu, 2016). The United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change defined climate change as an outcome that results
directly or indirectly from human activities that adjusts the global atmosphere (Fräss-Ehrfeld,
2009). For the past decades, there have been international debates to maintaining global warming
to less than 2 °C (Rogelj et al., 2013). According to (Jacobson and Delucchi, 2011), a solution
to the current air pollution, climate change, energy insecurity and water pollution and people to
move to clean and reliable energy which has low costs and will increase the energy efficiency. A
few states have shown that renewable technologies are possible with China making a significant
move towards green energy (Cabré, Gallagher and Li, 2018). The U.S also predicted that the
development of technologies for exploitation of nuclear energy could be possible solution for the
climatic problems (Mez, 2012).
Renewable sources are considered clean and have optimal use. Besides, a reduction in the
use of fossil fuel will lead to an increase in renewable energy. This is because a reduction of
fossil fuel will lead to less production of carbon dioxide, which will lower the environmental
impacts. In a study conducted in (Mohanty, 2012), the authors sought to examine the sources of
renewable energy for enhancement of the development towards green energy in the mitigation of
the energy crisis climate change and current energy crisis. The finding of this study revealed that
an increased emphasis on the renewable sources of energy in countries within the Pacific Island
would help in the current fuel crisis and climatic changes. In (Masson et al., 2014), the authors
also found that solar energy not only reduced global warming, but also the urban heat island. The
authors found that the shading of solar roofs reduced heat to an extent where people needed to