Alternative Energy: Types and Benefits Presentation

The alternative energy must be developed as the rate that we are consuming the world’s natural resources, two world’s natural resources would be needed to sustain our current lifestyles within a generation (RedOrbit, 2008).

Why should people shift to the alternative energy consumption?

1. Living in the modern world people should care about future generations.
2. Natural resources are limited.
3. The increase of people in the world leads to the increased level of fuel consumption.
4. The future generation may be left without the most important natural resource – energy.

Alternative Energy

There are some types of the alternative energy:

• Ethanol;
• Algae fuel;
• Solar power;
• Electricity (Alternative Energy News, N.D).

The arguments for and against the alternative energy usage

• Arguments for:
  • Increased fuel consumption;
  • The limited level of the natural resources in the world;
  • Less damage to the environment;
  • The alternative fuel has no competitors, as signed by the scientists;
  • Unlimited number of sources (Impact Lab, 2006).
• Arguments against:
  • High price and constant maintenance;
  • Lower productivity;
  • The opportunity of different countries are different.

The advantages of the alternative energy usage instead of petrol

• The advantages of the electricity usage instead of petrol:
  • Rechargeable and can work without emitting any carbon particulates;
  • Have the ability of reaching phenomenal speeds considering they are not using fossil fuels to power their motors (Mann, 2008);
• The advantages of the ethanol usage instead of petrol:
  • Less carbon emitting;
  • More economical;
  • Can be locally produced (Impact Lab, 2006);
• The advantages of the algae fuels usage instead of petrol:
  • Biodegradable;
  • Cause relatively no damage to the environment;
  • Offer a greater energy volume as compared to other bio-fuels;
  • Has numerous applications (Oilgae, 2008).

The sources of the alternative energy

• Corn;
• Sugarcane;
• Wood;
• Maize grain;
• Cassava roots;
• Sweet potato roots;
• Beet fruits;
• Rejected waste materials (Engineering Toolbox, N.D).

Works Cited

“Major Breakthrough in Bio-fuels”. Impact Lab. Web.

“Public Transportation”. Alternative Energy News. Web.

“Algae Biodiesel Cost – What Exactly Makes Algae Fuel Costly?”. Oilgae. Web.

Mann, Parm. “Toyota’s plug-in hybrid electric car set for 2010”. HEXUS. Web.

“Ethanol Bio Fuel – Raw Materials”. Engineering Toolbox. Web.