w ould pr oduce less ener gy

t han nor mal. Cloudy days

slow s dow n solar pow er , and
w hen t he w ind doesn't blow ,
t hen w ind t ur bines don?t
pr oduce ener gy eit her . It
seems like t he w eat her has
t oo much of an impact on
r enew able ener gy sour ces
t o be an ef f icient w ay t o
pr oduce t he ener gy needed
f or societ y. This means t hat
t he ener gy sour ce f or t he
moder n er a needs t o be
r eliable. My quest ion
evolved int o, What is t he
best w ay t o pr oduce enough
ener gy f or societ y t hat is
bot h r eliable and doesn?t
damage t he envir onment t oo
much?

Nucl ear ener gy

Along w it h r enew able
ener gy and f ossil f uel, t her e
w as one mor e sour ce of
ener gy t hat I decided t o
r esear ch, nuclear ener gy. I
looked on-line and f ound w hat
seemed t o be a r eliable sour ce
of inf or mat ion f r om
w hat isnuclear .com (20 17).
Nuclear ener gy split t ing a
lar ge at om int o pieces t o
pr oduce ener gy using t he
equat ion of E=MC2. They don?t
emit pollut ion int o t he air , but
t hey do leave behind
r adioact ive w ast e. Nuclear
plant s use f usion and f ission t o
pr oduce ener gy. This f or m of
ener gy is sust ainable, as t heir
w ast e can be r ecycled.
Dow nsides t o t his f or m of
pr oduct ion f or ener gy is t he
danger ous w ast e lef t behind.
Radioact ive w ast e causes
biological damage t o t he
envir onment as w ell as people.
Ther e have also been sever al
accident s involved w it h
nuclear ener gy, like Cher nobyl,
t hr ee mile island, and
Fukushima t hat t end t o keep
people f r om being
comf or t able w it h nuclear
pow er . Nuclear plant s also
cost mor e t han ot her ener gy
sour ces as t hey r equir e mor e
skilled labor and t he
complexit y of t he plant makes
it a lar ge invest ment , t hough
t he cost s of maint aining a
plant ar e much cheaper t han
ot her sour ces of ener gy (N.
Tour an, 20 17). This sour ce
st r ongly explains t he negat ive
side of nuclear ener gy, but
seems t o spin it in a w ay t hat
t hese disadvant ages have just
been limit ing t he use of
nuclear pow er , not act ually
making it a bad w ay t o
pr oduce ener gy. This st r ongly
 suppor t s an ar gument t hat nuclear ener gy is a gr eat w ay t o pr oduce ener gy. I see how t he
aut hor uses car ef ul w or ding t o make nuclear pow er seem bet t er , but it seems t hat it has a lot
mor e dow nsides t han is expr essed in t he ar t icle. Compar ed t o bot h f ossil f uels and r enew able
sour ces, nuclear ener gy doesn?t seem t o be any bet t er t han eit her ot her pr oduct ion sour ces. It
doesn?t seem any mor e r eliable or able t o keep t he envir onment clean any bet t er t han
r enew ables or f ossil f uels. My quest ion hasn?t changed, but it has become mor e complex, as I
know t hat t her e ar e mor e w ays t o r uin t he envir onment t han by gr eenhouse gasses.

Concl usions

Af t er r esear ching, I lear ned
a lot about t he main w ay of
pr oducing elect r icit y.
Compar ed t o my pr evious
know ledge on just f ossil f uels
being t he main w ay of
pr oducing our elect r icit y,
along w it h t he f act t hat it
causes climat e change and is a
limit ed r esour ce, I now know a
lot mor e about w ays t hat
societ y pr oduces ener gy.
Fossil f uels may be t he most
common, but r enew able
ener gies seem a lot bet t er f or
societ y. I agr ee t hat w e should
move aw ay f r om pr oducing
ener gy w it h f ossil f uels, and
t hat t hey ar e danger ous f or
t he envir onment . But I also
t hink t hat r enew able sour ces
have t heir ow n pr oblems. The
chief of w hich is t he f act t hat
t hey don?t pr oduce ener gy as
r eliably as f ossil f uels.
Dif f er ent w eat her condit ions
af f ect many r enew able ener gy
sour ces pr oduct ion r at es, and
ot her sour ces don?t pr oduce
enough ener gy. Nuclear
ener gy seems t o be r eliable,
but also has it ?s r isks, in t he
f or m of a nuclear melt dow n
t hat possibly could occur . It
has t he chance of making lif e
t er r ible f or many people if
somet hing goes w r ong. Wit h
my cur r ent inf or mat ion none
of t hese w ays t o pr oducing
ener gy seems t o be w hat
societ y needs r ight now .
Thr oughout my r esear ch, I
have mainly looked at t he
basic w ays of pr oducing
ener gy, and haven?t looked at
each f or m in lar ge det ails. It
seems as if my r esear ch is
lacking w hen it comes t o t he
individual w ays t o pr oduce
ener gy. By just looking at t he
cat egor ies it is impossible t o
answ er my quest ion, even
t hough it has evolved f r om,
What is t he best w ay t o
pr oduce enough ener gy f or
societ y, t o What is t he best
w ay t o pr oduce enough
ener gy f or societ y t hat is bot h
r eliable and doesn?t damage
t he envir onment t oo much?
Ther e isn?t a w ay t o answ er
t his quest ion simply because I
don?t know enough about all
t he w ays t o pr oduce ener gy.
My cur r ent know ledge of t he
dif f er ent sour ces isn?t enough
t o make a r easonable
conclusion t o t his quest ion. I
don?t know enough t o
accur at ely compar e and
cont r ast dif f er ent f or ms of
ener gy pr oduct ion t o
accur at ely answ er my
quest ion, making t he cr eat ion
of a t hesis impossible at t his
point .
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