Fossil Fuel (France)
Fuels were formed from ancient animals and plants so that why they
are called Fossil. Under the term fossil
fuels it falls three basic types which are oil, coal and natural gas (The Energy Story – Chapter 8, 2012). All those three types of fossil fuels are providing most of the
energy which we are using today. Fossil fuels are considered to be so important
for most countries in the world because they are the main source of energy for
most of their usage. They are being used for many purposes such as electricity,
fuel for cars and many others.
The three types of fossil
fuel can be mined in different ways such as coal can be found either at the
surface or deep underground, but oil is being pumped from wells drilled deep in
the ground. Also, natural gas is mined in the same way as oil through wells.
Out of those three types the best clean-burning fossil fuel is natural gas and
it is being used widely. The rest of fossil fuel types which are oil and coal
are the most risky fuels and they caused lots of air pollution (Fossil fuel, Wikipedia, 2013).
There are many problems associated with fossil fuels such as the main problem
is that they are limited and can run out quickly. Also, the increasing demand for
fossil fuels forms another problem, i.e. more pollution.
There are environmental
problems associated with fossil fuel: one is from getting fossil fuels from the
ground and the other one during burning those fossil fuels. Also, the increase
of global warming is related to the problems associated with fossil fuels. We
must not rely on the fossil fuels because they are limited and must start using
other sources of energy provided from nature. There are many sources of energy
which are considerable to be friendly to the environment. Those natural
energies provide a clean source of energy and negate forms of pollution such
as: wind power, solar power, nuclear power and such many others.
Energy
alternatives:
Prior to the development
of fossil fuels such as: natural gas, oil and coal; people used all types of
energies, which were renewable. Many types of alternative energy are considered
to be natural for example: solar power, wind power, water power and such many
others. Wind power is a process of changing the energy from the wind into a
useful energy. Therefore, it can be used to run wind turbines in order to
generate energy such as: electrical power, so as wind speed increases the
energy which is produced will increase and vise versa. “Globally, the potential
of wind energy is five times total current global energy production, or 40 time’s
current electricity demand” (Wind power, Wikipedia,
2013). Other type of renewable energy which is solar energy is an energy
which is comes from sun in a form of solar radiation. Solar radiation is used
to produce heat or to generate electricity (Solar
power, Wikipedia, 2013). The other
type of renewable energy which is water power is a power which is come from the
energy of water running in a river or waterfalls which have sufficient energy
to provide lots of useful energies. So, the force of the water provides the
energy in order to use it to produce other energies such as: electrical power
and can provide mechanical power (Hydropower,
Wikipedia, 2013). All of those
previous sources of energy are considered to be renewable energy which don’t
produce any pollution and are not limited.
France is a
European country that followed other countries habits especially in using types
of fossil fuels. Therefore, they were using coal, oil, natural gas and
petroleum to the maximum without any thinking that they will run out quickly.
Since a few years France started to think clearly about alternative energies
which have the ability to sustain for a long time and not providing any
pollution. One of renewable energy which France is using it nowadays is the
solar energy. They started to make lots of solar panels that have the ability
to produce electricity for the country. Also they are looking forward to
increase their solar panels in order to increase production of electricity
which can cover the job of fossil fuels in producing electricity. The other
renewable energy which France tried to use it is the wind energy. Therefore,
they started to build a wind farm that is sited off the Atlantic coast. This
energy have the ability to provide high amount of electricity (“Energy in France”, Wikipedia, 2013). However, the most important energy source in France and it being a
primary source of electric power is the nuclear power. This renewable energy is
a useful energy which is being a free of CO2 production. With the
nuclear power France is being the lowest country in producing pollution in
Europe and the cheapest energy production except in a long term. (“Nuclear power in France”, Wikipedia, 2013).
Conclusion:
In conclusion,
energy is an important feature for our daily life. It helps us to make our life
much easier and interesting. Unfortunately, the energy which we get it from
fossil fuels are going to run out one day, that is why most of countries
started to think positively about renewable energies that are going to be an
alternative energy instead of fossil fuels. Also, people get bad effects from
the pollution that comes from fossil fuels and produces many diseases. Finally,
all natural energies are the best energies and right decision to focus on them.
Word count: 920.
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