Research Management Abstract

The dependence on oil in the United States must be lowered for the safety of the environment; as well fossil fuels are coming to an end. Oil is used too much and the cost of it is at a very high amount, however the U.S. will continue to buy the oil because the country requires it in order to fuel the economy. We are the number one consumer of oil in the world by an extensive margin, and each barrel we buy is nowhere close to cheap today is roughly around fifty dollars a barrel. This costly addiction is starting to become a scary issue when talking about global warming, because we are using so much oil we are burning it and releasing tons and tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere which is affecting the ozone and if we do not stop the usage of oil we could possibly looking at another Ice Age. As well using alternative energy sources can save lives for the military because they no longer require people to go out in the open in a war in order to supply fuel, or equipment to soldiers, as well it is very cost saving because we are not being taxed for the oil we buy from other countries. We rely on ourselves to supply the energy which is free. Oil is something that we need to find a solution to in order to save the planet from extinction. But there is a solution to just about everything, and alternative energy sources’ is that solution for oil dependency. In the congress recently there was a bill that hasn't been passed yet, however the Energy Bill 2009 is a start it is going to require 16% of electricity to come from renewable sources by 2019. By 2021 it will require 20%, this is one of the parts of the bill the other is limiting companies on the output of their carbon emission, and the hardest hit companies will be the coal burning ones. It is stated that if this bill is passed it may lower the prices of renewable sources, and make it look more attractive. Once a bill such as this is passed, it will set a standard of new bills to be passed in order to implement more and more alternative energy sources.