Benefits of Renewable Energy
After having worked in the oil industry for five years and seeing first hand the impact oil production may have on our planet the experience caused me to ask myself, “Is there a better way?” This and many other questions sparked curiosity to the effects our current methods have on our people and the way we live and work. On a global scale renewable energy supplies a significant benefit to our planet such as, lowering energy costs, job creation, and preserving the environment. With energy costs continuously on the rise and more frequent disasters affecting us as a whole, the fact remains that moving toward renewable energy forms most certainly makes these problems vanish. Though not an easy task it is safe to say that the world is headed in a green direction. Energy costs have risen in the Unites States and around the world. Colder cities tend to spend more heating their homes. Gas prices have soared as high as four dollars per gallon. Overall, people have been spending money to fulfill everyday needs. We know the every day commute to work makes the money required to bring food home and the gas, as still many homes are equipped with, heat homes and cook the foods we eat. Still people never really understand that if it cost money to use these commodities then, the cost to make transform this energy must be high. Interestingly, the coal mining industry acquires these “diamonds in the rough” by two methods surface mining and underground mining. Surface mining, where miners take the coal from the surface using sophisticated machinery, enables greater quantities of coal to be available at a lower cost. On the opposite end of the spectrum, underground mining at somewhere around one thousand feet becomes more expensive as there is a need to transport individuals via elevator down with special equipment to do this task. Despite one method being more expensive, these processes cost no where near the expense in getting the product moved where needed. The cost to