By Mason VanOphem Mitchell Johnson amp Brooklin Lambrecht Hyperlinks US Oil Imports Import Reduction Alternative Energy Wind Energy Solar Energy Hydroelectricity Geothermal US Oil Imports ID: 356315
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Natural Resources and Renewable Energy
By: Mason VanOphem
Mitchell Johnson &Brooklin LambrechtSlide2
Hyperlinks
US Oil Imports
Import Reduction
Alternative Energy
Wind Energy
Solar Energy
Hydroelectricity
GeothermalSlide3
US Oil Imports
Where do most people think our oil comes from? Where does it actually come from?
What do we use these for?Slide4
Ways to Reduce Oil ImportsAlaskan Oil PipelineAlternative EnergySlide5
Alternative EnergyAccording to Clean Technica, “a national study showed that job creation in clean energy outdoes fossil fuels by a margin of 3-to-1 — every dollar put into clean energy creates three times as many jobs as putting that same dollar into oil and gas.”
Renewable energy investments are cost effective. The International Renewable Energy Agency released a new policy brief showing that renewable energy has become the most cost-effective way to generate electricity for hundreds of millions of people worldwide who are not on the
grid.Unlike fossil fuels, renewable sources of energy like hydropower, wind and solar do not directly emit greenhouse gases.By 2050, one-third of the world's energy will need to come from solar, wind, and other renewable resources. Who says? British Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell, two of the world's largest oil companies.Slide6
Wind EnergyOne wind turbine can produce enough electricity to power up to 300 homes.Recent Michigan wind contracts are coming in at $45-$50 per megawatt hour. Leading source of renewable energy in the USSlide7
Solar EnergyIf it could be properly harnessed, there’s enough sunlight that falls on the earth in just one hour to meet the world energy demands for a whole year! Our whole energy problem would be solved if we could somehow find a way to harness solar energy more efficiently.The Lansing Board and Water and Light recently received bids to purchase solar power as low as $65 per megawatt hour
.The best way to make solar energy as
efficient as possible is to put the panels in widespaces that get plenty of sunlight(i.e. farms, meadows, etc.)Alexandre Edmond Becquerel is credited
with discovering thephotovoltaic effect.Slide8
Hydroelectricity
According to
Clean Technica, “a national study showed that job creation in clean energy outdoes fossil fuels by a margin of 3-to-1 — every dollar put into clean energy creates three times as many jobs as putting that same dollar into oil and gas
.”Over 70 percent of Washington State’s electricity comes from hydropowerStates that get the majority of their electricity from hydropower, like Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, have energy bills that are lower than the rest of the country.Niagara Falls was the site of the country’s first hydroelectric generating
facility (1881)
Hydroelectricity provides about
7% of
the electricity generated in the United States and about half of the electricity from all renewable
sources.Slide9
GeothermalThe world’s resource base for geothermal energy is larger than the resource base for coal, oil, gas and uranium combined.But how does it work? Anywhere the
ground or upper 10 feet of the Earth's surface maintains a nearly constant temperature between 50° and 60°F (10° and 16°C). Geothermal heat pumps can tap into this resource to heat and cool buildings.Slide10
What Are We Doing?Clean energy investment has surpassed investments in fossil fuels.Clean energy creates three times more jobs than fossil fuels.
Gov. Rick Snyder has said that updating Michigan's energy policy will be a top priority in early 2015.Since 2008
, the costs of renewable energy generation have been cut in half in Michigan.Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) estimates of coal at $133 per megawatt hour and $70 per megawatt hour for natural gas. Meanwhile, wind and solar power cost about half as much.
Michigan does not subsidize renewable energy. A subsidy is a form of financial aid or support extended to an economic sector (or institution, business, or individual) generally with the aim of promoting economic and social policy.Slide11
Fun Facts
A gigawatt of power will provide enough energy for about 700,000 homes. Assumptions: A typical home uses about 11,000
kWh
per year. One TWh is essentially enough energy to power a city of 200,000 people for an entire year
.
Together, the United States and Canada account for 50 percent of energy consumed by the
world. Europe account for about 33%.Slide12Slide13
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