Advantages And Disadvantages Of Using Green Energy Sources
What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Using
Green Energy Sources?
Today, we are now aware of the effects of global warming. Fortunately,
it’s not too late and we can still change which is why many are pushing
for green energy sources.
The advantage of using green energy sources is that it is clean so it
does not emit anything harmful into the air which has an impact on the
environment. It is also renewable which means we will never run out of
it unlike oil which is expected to dry up in a decade or so.
Although green energy facilities are expensive to build, it requires
less maintenance so you don’t have to shell out a lot of money to
operate it.
It can also bring economic benefits to certain areas even boost tourism.
While these sound good, there are some who say that there are advantages
to using such technology.
While green energy sources can produce electricity, how much it can
generate is not consistent. This is because we have no control of the
weather so if a certain area relies on solar energy and there is a
weather disturbance, it will not be able to convert sunlight into
electricity.
Building these facilities also requires a lot of land so we may have to
cut on farmland which is what many are concerned about if more wind
turbines are to be put up.
Another disadvantage is the fact that some of the green energy sources
cannot be installed in certain areas of the planet. For instance, wave
energy can only be utilized if the waves coming from the ocean reach at
least 16 feet. The use geothermal energy can only be done in
geologically unstable parts of the planet.
But if you look at such arguments, places that cannot use one form of
green energy source can be substituted for another. If wind turbines
need more space, they can be installed near the coast instead of putting
these on land. A study shows that you can generate more electricity
while these are in the ocean.
While the weather is something we cannot control, it is not everyday
that there is a weather disturbance so this too shall pass. If solar
energy is being used and the sun is covered, the emergency generators
will be activated and use up the energy that was stored.
The point is that there are ways around the arguments put by certain
individuals which discourage the use of green energy sources. In fact,
research is ongoing to try and harness other means to generate the power
we need.
A very good example of this is called ocean thermal energy. Power is
generated by harnessing the different temperatures in the water. It is
currently being used on a small scale both in Japan and Hawaii.
In the US, only 7% of green energy sources are used nationally. This was
much higher 11 years ago and if we don’t have to worry about the cost of
oil or even reduce our dependency on it, we have to invest more in this
clean energy.
We can get it from green energy sources such as biomass, biodiesel,
geothermal, solar, water and the wind. These are things we have all
around us and all it takes is for someone to harness it instead of
relying on traditional non-renewable means to produce energy.
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