Natural Gas Energy
When most people hear the term natural gas energy, they somehow seem to think by using this natural gas, they are helping the environment.
This is not the case, and there is an obvious explanation if you just take time to think about it, how do we generate gas power?
In order for electricity to be generated by natural gas, we have to burn it, which gives off emissions harmful to the environment.
As you can see from the image below, large power stations which use gas as an energy source, have to get through a large amount of gas each day. This creates large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions per year.
The Effect Of Gas Power Stations On The Environment
So what is this doing
to our environment? Well, although
this type of energy does burn slightly cleaner than other fossil fuels
(such as coal
and oil), it still pumps out significant amounts of carbon dioxide into
the air, and this isn't good for us, our environment, or the fight
against climate change.
The more carbon dioxide we pump into the atmosphere, the greater the greenhouse effect has on the earth. In this day and age, we should be focusing on trying to curve the greenhouse effect by reducing the levels of greenhouse gases we produce.
So what other energy sources could we use? Well we should really be using renewable energy resources such as solar energy, wind energy, or even geothermal energy.
If you care about the environment and want to improve its quality for future generations then we need to do something about it now.
The majority say they care about the environment, yet this majority just carry on doing nothing, as that's what everyone else seems to be doing.
Installing home solar panels is relatively easy, a wind turbine on your house can be cost effective, you can charge batteries from the use of these natural energies, or connect them to your power circuit and see the savings you will make on your electricity bill.