Texas should implement a solution for our earth's climate change. How? By reducing the amount of fossil fuels we consume. Fossil energy sources include oil, coal, and natural gasses. These fossil fuels are consumed in our everyday life. For example, we use fossil fuels when we drive our cars and the electricity we consume. How is energy produced? The fossil fuel power plants burns carbon fuels to generate steam that drives large turbines to produce electricity. The fossils that are burned produces large amounts of carbon dioxide, which causes climate change. In a recently published documentary called "Before the flood," states that the average American in the United States consumes the same amount of energy as 34 citizens in India. However, if we look at the consumption of energy per Texas home, the average is 26% higher than the national level, which is equivalent to 43 citizens in India. The state of Texas must take a stand.
How can we implement the reduction of fossil fuels? There are many ways to reduce theses consumption. One way is to implement the use of solar energy In order to achieve this Texas can build Gigafactories and Windmills to produce clean energy. According Elon Musk CEO of Tesla and Spacex, a gigafactory can produce 500,000 battery packs per year; that's an average of 80,000 American homes. For this reason, Texas should lead by example and allow the gigafactories to be built in the state to encourage solar power. If we can get Texas to be a fossil fuel state, we are one step closer to save our eco system.
Love this!
ReplyDeleteI think you did a really great job of giving some solid facts and examples to help carry on your point. Isn’t it crazy… We are number 6 for most energy consumed per capita! Number 6!!!
But we have sooooo much land, especially out west. I think of those fields as the best place to build those Gigafactories and windmills. And I think because of the excess of land we have, that and the fact that we consume so much energy, should be the reasons we should become the leading state in renewable energy sourcing.
The context you gave comparing our energy consumption to citizens in India was really insightful. It is hard for people to realize how much we waste, when everyone around us is behaving in the same way!
It is so discouraging though, that we just elected someone who cares about cheap energy instead of safe energy. Hopefully we can look past that, and encourage our state and the companies within in to get ahead of the game.
Again, great job! Good examples, cohesive, didn’t drag on, and nice word choice. It does my soul good to read a well written post like this one :)