Assignment 1: Discussion—Nonrenewable Resources
Today, more than any other time in history, there is growing support to move away from nonrenewable resources towards developing renewable resources to meet current and future energy needs. Fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources that continue to negatively impact the environment. It is important to learn how these resources are formed since this process of formation is at the very heart of why fossil fuels are considered to be nonrenewable.
Using the readings for this module, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research the nonrenewable resource assigned to you:
- Coal
- Natural gas
- Petroleum (oil)
Note: You are assigned a resource based on the first initial of your last name. Last names beginning with A–J research coal, names beginning with K–R research natural gas, and names beginning S–Z research oil.
Respond to the following:
- Describe how this nonrenewable resource was initially formed.
- Briefly explain where the major reserves of this nonrenewable resource are located and how it is extracted.
- Examine the environmental impact caused by the extraction process.
- Explain how this nonrenewable resource is used to produce energy, and identify the pollution problems that are caused from this energy source.
Support your statements with appropriate examples and scholarly references.
Write your initial response in approximately 350–400 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
By Saturday, January 23, 2016, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Wednesday, January 27, 2016, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses. Address the following:
- Given the environmental issue or issues the use of this particular resource causes, why do think society relies so heavily on it?
- What kind of a role do you think governmental politics plays in current energy demands?
- If in fact society were to change to an environmentally friendly fuel source, what do you think would be the political or economic ramifications?
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xxxxxxxx xxx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxxx formed.
Coal xx an energy xxxxxx that is xxxxxx xxxx peat xx changed xxxxxxxxxx and physically (Zobaa & Bansal, 2011). This process is xxxxx xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxx During xxxx coalification, xxx peat passes via xxxxxxx changes xxxx x xxxxxx xx bacterial decay, xxxxx xxxx and compaction. xx xxxxxxxxx xxx xxx xxxx xx transform xxxx a xxxxx xx is basically buried xx sediment. xx xxxxxxxx the xxxx originates xxxx the energy stored xx xxx plants that xxxx dwelled xxxxxxxx of xxxxx xx xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxx the xxxxx’x ferns xxx xxxxxx xxxx they xxxx a layer xx xxx bottom xx the xxxxx which xxxxx help in production xx xxx coal.
xxxxxxx explain where the xxxxx xxxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx resource xxx located xxx xxx it is extractedx
xxxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx to as xxx coal deposits that are xxxxx xxx xxx xx xxxxx’x mining xxxxxxxxxx xxx methods. xxxxx
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Petroleum xxx
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Petroleum xxx xxxx xxx xxxxxxxxxx xx a fossil xxxxx xxx xxxxxxxxx xxx xx usually x naturally x xxxxxxxx that occurs naturally and consist of carbon and xxxxxxxx atoms. Petroleum xxx xxxxxxxxx formed due xx the death of the sea animals and plants and xxxx remains xxxx become buried xxxx bellow under xxx xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx muds, silt xxx xxxxx These xxxxxxx xxx xxxxxx that were living in the xxxxx xx xxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxx xxx xxx and xxxxxxxxx xxxxxx in xxxxx bodies xx carbon form. When they died and their bodies were buried xxxx in the layers xx xxx xxxxxxxxx these created xxxxxxxx and heat. The degree xx the heat xxx xxxxxxxx
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