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Limited Energy Resources

Finite resources are essential to energy production because they can produce energy most efficiently and abundantly. Non-renewable resources cannot be replaced. Oil is perhaps our most commonly used source of energy, however it is non-renewable therefore our supply of oil is limited. Oil creates energy by being burned and trapping the gas into storage. The United States hit peak oil in about 1970, while the world hit peak oil in about the 2000s. The term “peak oil” does not mean we are running out of oil, it simply means we are running out of cheap oil. The alternatives to using oil are a number of things, each with their pros and cons. Coal, Nuclear, Hydrogen, Biofuels, Wind and Solar energy are all sources of energy that can and are used to slow down the use of our precious oil. With that said, to produce the equivalent amount of the energy provided by oil in one year (33 billion barrels of oil) it would take:

200 Three Gorges Dams, 2,600 Nuclear Power Plants, 5,200 Coal Fired Plants, 1,642,500 Wind Turbines and 4,562,500,000 Solar Panels. This is just 37% of the world’s energy. We tend to use oil more often because oil is the most energy dense, easiest to store and is extremely versatile.

The world’s focus on utilizing non-renewable energy resources, rather than renewable resources, is problematic because if the world uses majority of its resources we will not be able to replenish it in our current lifetime. The supply of non-renewable resources goes down as the demand goes up in correspondence to our growing population. Due to supplies decreasing and demand increasing, the prices of these resources will go up drastically. Oil for example, will become more expensive to drill because we have to drill f...

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... other diseases such as Tuberculosis can affect the economy greatly when it comes to production rates decreasing.

TDR is an organization that specifically targets putting an end to diseases of poverty. The United Nations sponsors the foundation giving them money to provide vaccinations and money to research the ongoing issue. The United Nations and its various technical agencies therefore play a critical role in advancing access to health care.

Water Scarcity

Only 2% of our globe’s water is fresh. Of that 2% only .37% is drinkable. Water scarcity is one of our world’s biggest problems because water is a non-renewable resource. We go through 900 million gallons of it everyday for household use, transportation, energy, and the consumption of material goods.

Food Security

Works Cited

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2624/

http://www.who.int/tdr/en/