| The world has an over reliance on oil to get | | | | Another alternative form of energy and power is |
| through daily tasks and life in general. The cost of | | | | nuclear power. Nuclear power works by creating a |
| oil continues to go up, and it is a resource that will | | | | small and controlled nuclear reaction, and using the |
| eventually run out, leaving those unprepared for | | | | energy from said reaction to be converted into |
| this event in a real mess of a situation. Due to | | | | electricity. The reaction that is used is called |
| that scenario, scientists across the globe are | | | | fission, and although it is what is commonly used |
| currently trying to find alternative fuel sources | | | | now in these controlled nuclear reactions it could |
| and ways to power things that do not rely on oil. | | | | also be an option to use a different type of |
| For example in Louisville, Kentucky there is | | | | nuclear reaction called fusion, which would be |
| geothermal and geothermal heat pump, things | | | | safer but harder to create. Some of the concerns |
| that are in development now and will hopefully | | | | that have arisen about nuclear power are of |
| soon help people cut dependence on oil. Hopefully | | | | safety. Most people alive today remember the |
| these new ways to fuel the world are cost | | | | Chernobyl disaster in which a nuclear reactor |
| efficient and prove to be good replacements for | | | | burst and radiation was let out. Also, it is a major |
| oil. | | | | concern that there would be no place to put the |
| One form of alternative energy that people are | | | | radioactive waste that would not damage the |
| using is geyser power. Mainly popular in Iceland, | | | | environment. |
| where there are lots of geysers, geyser power | | | | Finally, a last source of alternative energy could be |
| uses the power of hot springs to create energy | | | | certain types of alcohol. Ethanol and Methanol |
| and power homes and provide electricity where | | | | alcohols have been tested on cars to run them |
| other things normally would. It is also important | | | | for a long time. In fact, there are some gasses at |
| for this type of power to be located near the | | | | gas stations now that are infused with Ethanol. |
| boundary of a tectonic plate. Geyser power is | | | | Ethanol would be very effective as a source of |
| economically viable because there is little involved | | | | fuel especially for cars because it is a renewable |
| in the process of converting it into power and | | | | resource, unlike petroleum. |
| therefore it is very cheap to manufacture, for | | | | Imagine going to refuel a car and not having to |
| lack of a better term. However, due to the fact | | | | pay over twenty to thirty dollars to have your |
| that it is generally helpful to be located near a | | | | car filled up with some kind of fuel. Think about |
| tectonic plate boundary it is not really possible to | | | | being able to heat a home and use electricity |
| power an entire country the size of the United | | | | without having to pay massive bills for the kinds |
| States with only geyser power. | | | | of fuels currently used to heat homes. |