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Energy Independence Issues

What sounds better than an energy independent country?

Why has our country continued to rely on OPEC for oil and gas?

Low cost of oil and gas with OPEC

The prices of oil and gas are extremely low, forcing the U.S. to buy large amounts and transporting them.

Our economy would lose an exceptional amount of money if we were to produce all of our own gas and oil.

We need to solve how we can produce our own gas and oil without compromising our economy.

Consumption of coal has a higher carbon dioxide emission

The use of electric cars carry more coal usage, and as we use more coal, we will emit more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere

With more CO2 in the atmosphere, the more climate change increases

Carbon Capture: Fantasy?

Carbon capture is a technology that captures 90% of the carbon dioxide emissions from from fossil fuels

It is argued that carbon capture is too expensive and not proven to work.

It is possible the captured carbon could leak into drinking water, doing more harm.

Security Issues for the U.S

Could there potentially be national issues with the import of gas and oil from other countries?

OPEC has the ability to raise oil prices, which could have potential political issues.

Without depending on OPEC, we wouldn’t have to worry about these issues happening.

Restrictions with energy consumption collides with our free market economy

While restricting energy usage for people would greatly impact our environment, we simply cannot do this because of our free market economy

We need to solve how to reduce energy consumption from the public without placing restrictions and enforcements

Conclusion

Reduction of energy consumption is a goal for all, and these problems force us to continue to emit fossil fuels into the atmosphere and cause climate change.

We need to be proactive yet smart with how we handle issues without causing more.

We all have the same goal, we need to find intelligent solutions without destroying more in the process.

Works Cited

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“U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent Statistics and Analysis.” Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Coal Still Dominate U.S. Energy Consumption - Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=36612.

“What Is CCS?” CCSA, www.ccsassociation.org/what-is-ccs/#:~:text=Carbon%20Capture%20and%20Storage%20(CCS,dioxide%20from%20entering%20the%20atmosphere.

“Carbon Sequestration.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 June 2020, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sequestration.

“Coronavirus: Oil Price Collapses to Lowest Level for 18 Years.” BBC News, BBC, 30 Mar. 2020, www.bbc.com/news/business-52089127.

Blumstein, Daniel T, and Charlie Saylan. “The Failure of Environmental Education (and How We Can Fix It).” PLoS Biology, Public Library of Science, May 2007, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1847843/.

Abramowitz, Yosef. “Blair’s Missing Peace: Solar Power for (Energy) Independence.” Palestine-Israel Journal of Politics, 1 Dec. 2014, http://web.b.ebscohost.com.ccco.idm.oclc.org/ehpl/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=10&sid=a932c0bf-9f36-48cd-9e3c-eedfa2801a97%40pdc-v-sessmgr02#

Abramowitz, Yosef. “Blair’s Missing Peace: Solar Power for (Energy) Independence.” 1 Dec. 2014.

Yakabuski, Konrad. “The Downsides of U.S. Energy Independence.” 13 May 2013.