When going over the video “Heat” it revealed the problems that are currently surrounding the use of fossil fuels as an energy source. The video showed that the inherent issue in utilizing fossil fuel-burning power plants is the resulting carbon dioxide waste that gets expelled into the atmosphere. It must be noted that increased amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere especially in areas where there are few natural ways for the resulting gases to be absorbed results in a significant accumulation in the air for quite some time which has the potential to cause various respiratory diseases.
China, which possesses one of the world’s most extensive power grids, which utilizes dozens of fossil fuel-burning power plants has seen a rise in respiratory diseases as the amount of smog in the air continues to accumulate. Based on current estimates of the amount of energy needed by the country within the next 5 to 10 years or so, it can be expected that the number of carbon emissions in the atmosphere will increase as a result of the country compensates for this need by creating more fossil fuel-burning power plants. In terms of the number of pollutants released into the atmosphere both solar and wind turbine facilities have next to no carbon footprint due to the fact they do not produce any CO2 emissions. It is due to this that they would be a far better means of energy production as compared to utilizing fossil fuels.