United Sates of America leads the country as far as use of fossil fuel is concerned. The fossil fuel includes Oil, natural gas and coal. These are consumed daily by us. But have you ever thought as to how they are formed. They have been formed over millions of years from dead remains of plants and animals under the ground.
1. Fossil Fuel: Source of Carbon emission
When human use these fossil fuel these emit a large amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and carbon dioxide is one of the green house gases which has been the prime cause of global warming. Therefore over a period of time the concentration of Carbon dioxide is increasing in the atmosphere. This has in turn raised the fear that the surface temperature of Earth will rise as these green house gases trap the solar heat and does not let them go out.
2. Consumption of fossil fuel on rise: How long the reserve last
Fossil fuels are used extensively to power vehicles, to heat and cool our houses and generate electricity. We are using it extensively and since they are non-renewable sources of energy they cannot be replenished. This has raised serious concerns that soon we may be running out of these fossil fuel.
In United States the average usage density is 12 barrels per person per year. It has made us almost dependent on these fossil fuels. Though USA has its own reserve but the demand is far greater than the supply. So its deficit is met by countries like Venezuela and Saudi Arabia which has a surplus supply of fossil fuel.
3. Time to Wake up for the Green movement
The extensive use of these fossil fuels has raised the green house gases in the atmosphere and this is causing global warming. It has affected millions of lives not just in United States but all across the globe. All these have led to the Green movement in the country .People are now exploring new alternative sources of energy so that our fossil fuel supplies can be kept intact in future.
4. Use of Alternative sources of energy for better tomorrow
If we can limit the consumption of fossil fuels in America we can gain in two ways. We will improve on the quality of the environment as and also our dependence on other nations for fossil fuel will reduce drastically. Thus the pride with which we say "American Made" will have a much more meaning. Thus by reducing the consumption of the fossil fuels and increasing the use of alternative energy, we will become self-sufficient in this area also
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