ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Reflection
- Combustion or burning is the sequence of exothermic chemical reactions between a fuel and oxygen (the air) accompanied by the production of heat and conversion of chemical components. The term exothermic"outside heating" describes a process or reaction that releases energy from the reactants, usually in the form of heat and light. The release of heat can result in the production of light in the form of either glow or a flame. Hydrocarbon is an organic compound (a thing that is composed of two or more separate elements like a mixture.)consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon atoms. Fuel combustion, also known as burning fuel, is the process by which a fuel is consumed in an exothermic chemical reaction that releases a great deal of heat and light. Usually, the fuel that is combusted is a hydrocarbon that reacts with the oxygen in the air, to release energy. A significant amount of heat energy is required to trigger such a reaction.A greenhouse gas is any gaseous compound in the atmosphere that is capable of absorbing infrared radiation, thereby trapping and holding heat in the atmosphere. By increasing the heat in the atmosphere, greenhouse gases are responsible for the greenhouse effect, which ultimately leads to global warming.Many greenhouse gases occur naturally in the environment, such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone.The change in the balance of the greenhouse gases has significant effects on the entire planet. Burning fossil fuels - coal, oil and natural gas - releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Since there are more and more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, more heat is trapped, which makes the Earth warmer therefore eventually leading to climate change in the long run.
- I think that scientists and engineers play a huge role in the development and implementation of new or cleaner sources of energy.
- They brainstorm the different ways in which the types of energy can be implemented e.g. solar energy can be harvested from outer space, or solar panels can be planted in highways and or put in the sides of buildings so there is a large amount of work that goes into the ideas presented like they have to be practical and affordable ideas.
- The next stage would be researching into how much the selected idea for the project would cost and going through budget projections.
- After this comes the designing phase which is where the engineers come in and research into whether or not it's possible to create the equipment required and if possible they create the equipment.
- Before the final stage of implementation is made the equipment is tested which could be dangerous potentially.
- After the design stage is the Implementation stage into our lives or wherever it's required.
- And so with all this in mind scientists and engineers are greatly needed because what they do is not something any and everyone could do. The processes that they go through require deep thinking and knowledge to make these things happen. Because of the analytical skills offered by scientists and engineers are there to insure that the wrong the ideas or unrealistic ideas are not encouraged or invested in, and that the right ideas are made practical.
Critical Consumer Of Science
Least Biased:
Least Reliable:
Most Biased:
- Most Reliable:
- Nss.org
- Linkedin.com
- Minneapolis.climatemps
- Google.com
- Treehugger.com
- The most reliable sources are frequently used by a lot of people and the least reliable are not. Also the most reliable sources are primary sources of information just added so since this research was collected in the field it's more trustworthy than the rest of the sources which are either secondary or tertiary sources of information.
Least Biased:
- Linkedin
- Nss
- Minneapolis.climatemps
- Google.com
- Treehugger
- The least biased sources are from websites that provide information about so many different things and more factual than opinionated. Also since so much information about completely different things it's almost impossible for these websites to be biased towards specific topics.
Least Reliable:
- Treehugger
- Google
- Minneapolis.climatemps
- Nss
- Linkedin
- The least reliable sources are not very reliable to a certain extent because they are obviously biased towards certain topics e.g. treehugger is an environment awareness site whereas linkedin just provides information and has no reason to be biased. Also most of the unreliable sources would either be secondary and tertiary information.
Most Biased:
- Treehugger
- Minneapolis.climatemps
- Google
- Nss
- Linkedin
- The Most biased sources based on the ranking are specifically made for the topic being addressed and so in this case are in favour of alternative sources of energy that would be better for the environment. Furthermore, the most biased sources may not be reliable for the kind of research needed to have a balanced argument.
- Linkedin I would say is a primary source of information which makes it very reliable because it's a business website and so the people that add information to the website have plenty of experience in their fields of work.
- Nss is the national space society which would be a secondary source compared to the Nasa official website, but still providing good reliable information as it is a website based or experienced in my field of research like outer space.
- Google is the source which started my researching process and so i would it's a good search engine to use for images or possibly to dig deeper into other websites or areas of research and its a tertiary source because it offers you websites to look on.
- Minneapolis climate is a reliable source because then its information is based on a specific area of research which i was looking into like the climate in that area in order to work out the advantages i had given. Since this website provides climate updates for a specific area it will have primary data which makes it more reliable than most sources.
- Treehugger, this website is biased in environmental issues but with this project some of the sources had to be biased in order to emphasize the the theme of the project like getting cleaner sources of energy.
- No specific author is given credit for the article
- Its posted in the Energy Inventions section of the Alternative energy news paper
- It was published on March 29 2016
- Since 2008, the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) has been working hard to develop technologies to transmit electricity wirelessly.
- The goal of the Space Solar Power Systems (SSPS), is to be able to transmit energy from orbiting solar panels by 2030. On March 12th, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) successfully conducted a ground demonstration test of “wireless power transmission”, a technology that will serve as the basis for the SSPS.
- I think an abstract is meant to get the reader hooked on the article and not bored. Also, it should contain the name of the company or organisation holding the research, when the project was launched, a summary of the progress made, what the point of the project is and the results.
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