FOSSIL FUELS : ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES

 Carliss Howell: FOSSIL FUELS: ADVANTAGES & DISADVANTAGES 

    

I believe that we all have a general knowledge about the definition of fossil fuels. Fossils fuels can be defined as animal and plant matter that died million of years ago and have then been subjected to heat and pressure over million of years. 

There are many advantages and disadvantages of producing fossil fuels. Some of those advantages are that this type of fuel is a cheap source of energy, they are reliable, abundant, and has become a very useful product. This has created means for this type of fuel to become easy to find and produce because of the cost. This also create a sense of dependability, because of the never ending supply that is easily accessible. All together fossil fuels have revolutionized the way that we live all together.

Just as there are many advantages, there are several disadvantages that need to be considered. Fossil fuels are non renewable meaning that eventually it will all run out. According to the article, we have about 100 years of coal, 50 years of crude oil, and 50 years of natural gases left. They are also dangerous to produce.  The production of fossil fuels can cause tragic disasters. For example, there was an incident in 2010 where 29 men were killed in West Virginia while harvesting this fuel. There is also the risk of refinery and oil rig explosions. Oil and gas can be flammable; which means that this can cause numerous fires can break out. The result of this is the releasing of noxious gases into the air. Due to this, acid rain can be created. Acid rain is caused by the chemical reaction between sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide mixing with water, oxygen, and other chemicals within the atmosphere. This is caused by the several fossil fuel burning power plants that can damage trees, lakes, rivers, architecture, statues, crops, wildlife, and more.




https://www.inspirecleanenergy.com/blog/clean-energy-101/advantages-disadvantages-fossil-fuels




Comments

  1. Teagan LovinMarch 24, 2021 at 2:32 PM

    How would we limit our use of fossil fuel? I agree that fossil fuel is bad and we need to find another source of fuel before we run out of this because we depend on fuel so much now a days

    ReplyDelete
  2. Jessica S.March 26, 2021 at 7:58 AM

    It is crazy how the things that do us good also bring us so many bad things. I think it is interesting that they can recycle the old plant and animal matter from years ago to produce these energy sources. It is nice to be able to have these reliable and cheap resources, but is it really worth all the explosions that are caused and the damage it does after the fact? Then when we finally run out of these sources, what will we do then?

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Land Loss

Image
 Hannah Bailey  There have been posts about sea levels rising however its not just affecting the sea. The water rising is also affecting the land. There is always the conspiracy that Florida will be fully submerged. It is stated on “the travel” page that Florida could be submerged as soon as 2050. This means that section of land will become apart of the sea life ecosystem. All of the oil preserves, the towns, even maybe cars would be submerged and begin to add more pollution to the ocean. This would require the citizens on Florida to have to reside elsewhere. Around 20 square mile of land has been consumed by sea levels rising. That is equivalent to 9,680 football fields of land gone. The image shown is a demonstration of what Florida will begin to look like if we dont take action fast. It is imperative that we save Florida for the citizens, land history, and for the oceans sake.  https://www.thetravel.com/florida-underwater-soon-stats/ https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast...
Read more

Wildlife Conservation

Image
  Wildlife conservation is the way of practicing the protection of the animal species and the  habitats they survive in. The Endangered Species Act,  is the establishment and protection of public lands animals live in, and the responsibility of public practices that conserve wild animal populations.  With The earth continuing to grow at a fast rate, it is also meaning that more and more humans are taking up natural resources. This is endangering the existence of animals and their habitats. Programs like the  World Wildlife Fund and  the Wildlife Conservation Society are working every day to slow down the extinction of animals and also protect the earth's biodiversity at the same time.  https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/wildlife-conservation/
Read more

Land Reclamation

Image
 Hannah Bailey Land Reclamation  Land is becoming more scarce as humans produce more technology and as the world wide population continues to increase. Land reclamation is "the process of creating new land from the sea." One way of doing this is by placing certain amount of big rocks and cement into a certain location in the water. To fill in between the rocks they place soil and sand until the new manmade land is at its desired height. This benefits the human race by creating land however, how does this impact our waters? How about the sea creatures? Is this damaging the environment? This does impact all of those things. In areas that use have high amount of crab and fish are seeing less and less. The underwater habitats are being destroyed. There was a reclamation project in China that was restricted for the harm against marine life. The picture shown is the progress the China project had before it was prohibited.  https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetar...
Read more