Essays Tagged: "United States Department of Energy"

Yucca Mountain as a Permanent Nuclear Waste Site

Yucca Mountain-Right or Wrong?As the United States' nuclear waste buildup becomes larger, the need for a permanent storage facility becom ... lly finish the Yucca Mountain Project. One is the desert climate naturally occurring in the western United States. The weather is dry and warm and their are very few natural disasters, such as earthqu ... structed, it will have to remain stable for 10,000 years. This is a very long time, considering the United States has only existed for a little over 200. During this period, if a breach occurs, the we ...

(4 pages) 142 0 3.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Alternative Fuels

are not in the majority as low cost alternatives are constantly being developed by engineers in the United States and Europe. These industry giants also may soon have no choice but to explore and dive ... ns in the UK, where 68% of the nationally generated electricity comes from coal, and throughout the United States, (Bond, 13). The U.S. has few hydro electric generating stations and is in the process ...

(21 pages) 561 0 3.3 Nov/1995

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Insulation: types of insulation products availiable and also gives pros and cons in terms of the environment for each type.

re a number of websites that can assist you in making a determination of your insulation needs. The United States Department of Energy has a website where you can calculate your current R-values as we ...

(5 pages) 39 0 2.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Green Computing.

es to counter this wasting.One such program to counter the problem is Energy Star, developed by the United States Department of Energy and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. This progr ...

(2 pages) 73 0 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Green Computing Research Paper mla format 3 references. subject is about computers and the environment.

uters, monitors and printers should comply with the ENERGY STAR program, which was developed by the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and the United States Environmental Agency (EPA). Therefore ...

(1 pages) 90 0 2.6 Sep/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Bioremdiation of Toxic Wastes

y disposed of, mishandled, or accidentally spilled. Among the most prevalent metallic substances in Department of Energy toxic waste are chromium, lead, mercury, plutonium, uranium, cesium, strontium, ...

(3 pages) 42 0 4.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Alternative Fuel

ay's hydrogen comes from raw petrol as one of the by-products of petroleum processing. According to United States Alternative Fuels Data Center now, hydrogen is made using the following two methods. E ... ther. The electrical energy can come from electricity production sources including renewable fuels. United States Department Of Energy (DOE) has concluded that electrolysis is unlikely to become the p ...

(10 pages) 282 1 4.2 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

An Examination of Feasible Alternative Fuels.

ns in the UK, where 68% of the nationally generated electricity comes from coal, and throughout the United States, (Bond, 13). The U.S. has few hydro electric generating stations and is in the process ...

(13 pages) 130 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Nuclear Power for mankind.

1970s and early 1980s, these political and economic problems caused an effective moratorium in the United States on new orders for nuclear power plants.Public concern about the suitability of the use ... pensive that fossil fuels seemed like a reasonable alternative.In 1996 electricity generated in the United States was produced by 22 percent of nuclear power. In just two years that amount decreased t ...

(7 pages) 75 0 4.2 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Business action plan - NREL

el costs by one-third (Environmental Defense, 2007)As you can see, even the large corporations like United Parcel Service and Federal Express see the benefits to going green. However, operating hybrid ...

(3 pages) 52 2 5.0 Jul/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies

Employee Privacy Rights in the Workplace

r illness does develop, there is no way of knowing when it will happen or to what severity. Slowly, states, the CRG and patients' rights groups are trying to get legislation passed to reduce genetic d ...

(7 pages) 113 0 0.0 Jun/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

SCI 275 Mitigation Strategies and Solutions

the source of the electricity that is generated to your home. Our main source of electricity in the United States comes from Fossil Fuels. According to the United States Department of Energy Fossil Fu ... ists of coal, oil and natural gas currently provide more than 85% of all the energy consumed in the United States, nearly two-thirds of our electricity, and virtually all of our transportation fuels.I ...

(7 pages) 41 0 3.0 May/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Fiscal Management and Responsibility

paper there have been viable sources cited such as Freddie Mac, a respected mortgage broker in the United States used as a reference pertaining to housing costs. The U.S. Department of Energy has als ...

(3 pages) 12 0 0.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Nuclear Energy

dropped and risen. During the past three years, around 100 atomic reactors were functioning in the United States. It has been noted that in 2002, 6.6% of the world's total energy was generated by ato ... em may take away lives from thousands of people, and contaminate the environment with radiation.The United States became the first country in the world that began nuclear energy production. After that ...

(7 pages) 25 1 3.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Science Essays

Analyzing the Effect of Scientific Advancement on HumanityAdvancements in Sciencetific Technology

b.com/title/tt0092455/quotes>."Cloning Fact Sheet." Www.ornl.gov. Ed. Human Genome Program. U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science,Office of Biological and Environmental Research,Human Genome ...

(3 pages) 11 0 0.0 Jun/2010

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

HYDROGEN CARS

ttention Getter:(Source: http://blmclub.blogspot.com/)B. Term Topic Question and Preview:Should the United States Exchange their Cars with Hydrogen Cars?Considering this fact that technology has playe ...

(4 pages) 16 0 0.0 Nov/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Nuclear Power

ian power generation. Nuclear power is in wide spread use around the world, but no more than in The United States. The usage of this power source has been claimed to be safe, clean and cost effective, ... e, however I disagree. It is my opinion that the usage of nuclear power should be phased out in The United States. Nuclear power is costly to operate, has no known viable storage method for the waste ...

(9 pages) 2 0 0.0 Aug/2014

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Informative

tricity. Over time though there has been the question asked, does the usage of nuclear power in the United States have more disadvantages than advantages? This question has been the spark of protests, ... make a choice of your own to answer the question. Some of the disadvantages of nuclear power in the United States are its increasingly aging facilities, the current storage methods of nuclear waste, a ...

(7 pages) 0 0 0.0 Aug/2014

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film History

Geothermal Energy

h the earth's surface. It can even go deeper to molten rock called magma. It is the regarded as one of the cleanest and most sustainable types of energy as it is derived from the earth's natural resou ... ectonic plate boundaries, but with recent technological advances the range has expanded to a number of areas for purposes such as home heating, this creates unlimited potential for global use. Geother ...

(4 pages) 0 0 0.0 Dec/2014

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics