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Preview: ... ome countries are consuming more then their fair share of the earth’s resources. “The richest seven nations (USA, Canada, Great Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Italy) have only 10% of the world’s population but annually account for 40% of the consumption of fossil fuels.” (Holechek 2001) <br>In order to provide for the growing population, industrial, commercial, and agricultural growth must follow suit. More people means we need more food, more homes, more transportation, more buildings, etc. The problem is that all these things currently rely significantly on fossil fuels to generate the energy for use and production. Furthermore, according to the United States Department of Energy (n.d.) “it is likely that the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels to power an expanding economy will actually increase over at least the next two decades even with aggressive development and deployment of new renewable and nuclear technologies.”<br>For the reason that the world is not going to stop depending on fossil fuels to fuel our economy any time in the very near future, we must have a plan to combat any negative impacts that may occur if our supply of fossil fuel diminishes. The United States Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy has a few programs in place to reduce these effects. One program in place is maintaining the “Strategic Petroleum Reserve” and the “Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve.” These two emergency stockpiles of crude oil and heating oil may be used in the event of an economic emergency if ordered by the President to be released into the market.<br>In addition to having oil reserves on hand, the United States Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy is also researching and developing more fuel efficient and environmentally save fossil fuels. This office is in the process of locating and producing fossil fuels that go “beyond the reach of today’s technologies, overcome the environmental challenges of using coal, and extract clean-burning hydrogen. (United States Department of Energy, n.d.)<br>Besides the United States Department of Energy, there are hundreds of organizations out there trying their best to reduce the negative effects of depleting resources. Fortunately for these organizations, and the rest of the world, there are sustaina ...

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Preview: ... ishment.<br><br>Develop a presentation about why a fish replenishment program is needed and include the negative effects of over fishing, the commercial fishing changes that will be required, and the benefits and challenges of change. Month 1-3<br>Schedule a presentation day and time. Try to obtain the support of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the NOAA Fisheries Service. Contact commercial fishing companies, NMFS and NOAA to present the benefits of the fish replenishment program.<br><br>Document the audio and visual equipment needed for presentation and layout of the room. Month 4<br>Identify and invite community participants.<br><br>Invite members of the fishing community to meet and participate in the presentation of the fish replenishment program. Month 4-5<br>Finalize plan based on outcome of meeting discussions. Information gathered during discussions with the fishing community will be used to finalize a program. The final program will be distributed to NOAA, NMFS and the commercial fishing community. Establish a deadline for final comments from NOAA, NMFS and the commercial fishing community. Review and incorporate final comments into the plan. Month 5-7<br>Implementation Begin implementation of plan by developing commercial marine aquaculture farms. Month 8-10<br><br>The benefits of aquaculture are economic, social and environmental. According to Meserve (2005) of Duke University, aquaculture can provide annual revenue in the billions, decrease our dependence on foreign food sources, provide needed employment to displaced fishermen, and reduce the harmful impact of traditional fishing. The challenge will be in trying to convince fishermen that these changes are good for everyone. Convincing the fishermen to embrace this change instead of fearing the end of their employment may be difficult. Alaska, in an attempt to save their fishing jobs, refused to allow the aquaculture of salmon. As a result, Alaska lost business and jobs when other states implemented the aquaculture of salmon fishing leading to the very thing Alaska was trying to prevent…the loss of jobs.<br>Obtaining the support of NOAA towards implementation of the fish replenishment program could provide significant inroads with the fishing community. According to Carlowicz (2007), the National Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2007 has tasked NOAA “with establishing stringent standards and coordinating offshore aquaculture with efforts by individual states.” Past programs, such as those referenced above in this article, have been c ...

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Preview: ... e information available to them. Facemasks should be made available freely to all factory workers in affected areas, and cities with the highest rates of pollution should also be given access to free facemasks across their populations. This will prevent the toxins from being inhaled as much, or as deeply. A five-year plan should be put in place with attainable targets published, which all industries should follow. Each part of China, or company which reaches its set targets could receive incentives such as tax breaks which will help subsidize the investment which will be needed in order to reduce the pollution levels. <br> As the over use of vehicles also constitutes a large part of the problem, vehicle tax should be priced highly to reduce the affordability of cars and therefore cut down on the congestion and pollution caused by vehicles. Public transportation should be subsidized with this additional income, be made more convenient, kept cleaner, and have more convenient scheduling for those people who wish to convert form using their car to using trains and busses. This option should be presented as not only the alternative option, but as a new improved, more environmentally friendly option. By advertising the benefits of public transportation and car pools in light of the re-education given about air pollution, the response should be positive. The population will therefore be involved in limiting the pollution amount, and actively participate in ways, which will benefit their health.<br> I expect the general population to embrace the new policies and be actively involved in the reporting of firms, who ignore the policies. The people will want to increase the quality of life for themselves, and their families, and through the re-education provided they will know that once pollution levels fall, life expectancy rates will rise for them. I would not expect factories to receive the new policies lightly, because it will seem as a reduction in profits resulting from investment of new technologies, and a decrease in short- term production in order to keep up with pollution quotas. In time they will gain from the investments made as the new machinery will be more cost efficient, often yielding higher production rates than were possible before. If the government provides tax breaks on subsidies, or long- term loans for the new equipment needed, industries may respond to the idea more quickly, and have the capabilities to reduce th ...

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Preview: ... he cost of undesired waste gas emissions, and the cost of energy transmissions. These wastes can generate real problems thus saving electricity is given much importance as one of the major strategies in energy conservation. Bringing into awareness of the consumers the cost of electricity through smart metering is also implemented. This allows people to note the difference of the cost of electricity just by knowing the differences of the electricity use at different times. Use of appliances with less energy requirements is currently in trend such the implementation of Energy Star program. This strategy describes the energy de-coupling which is currently one of the sustainability strategies. The conservation strategies thus far yield positive effects. According to the report of the US Energy Information Agency, “in 2005, the electric utility demand side management programs saved 60 billion kilowatt at a cost of a little more than 3 cents/kWh and reduced peak demand by 25.7 Gigawatts.” (US Energy Information Agency, n.d.) This report of electricity reduction in peak demand is very significant which would mean elimination of the need to build 100 medium-sized power plants and the associated transmission infrastructure to supply with the electricity needs of the growing population. <br>The use of renewable resources is becoming popular presently. Aside from direct sustainment plan, many other strategies that have impacts on this issue are also strongly implemented. This includes, addressing global warming issues and implementation of recycling of materials. These issues are highly associated with electricity use and these are properly addressed currently. <br>This electricity conservation plans needs active involvement and participation of the entire population with assistance of government and civic groups. Full understanding of the issue and putting its impacts and consequences on the awareness pf the people, so far is the most relevant plan that will be a great contributor that can make the sustainability plans successful. The entire population must understand the whole situation of why electricity conservation is very significant. A wide –based campaign such as media involvement, leaflets distribution, and integration of the issue on school curriculum needs to be implemented. Information dissemination in smaller groups needs to be well planned and reinforced. A monthly presentation highlighting the currently occurring impacts as well as the potential problems that will happen in future years needs to be planned and implemented in small community groups. This will greatly motivate the curiosity of the population in giving importance on the issue. A detailed dissemination of how each one can help in energy conservation needs active reinforcement. A move on encouragement on the use of alternative energy resources such as solar cells and wind mills needs to be well addressed. Government involvement to provide assistance with the people on this matter is highly needed thus there must be a body to lead the people to negotiate this matter with the government. <br>Better responses can be expected when ...

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Preview: ... economy is maintained by the continuation of industrial growth. However, with the increased progress of industrialization comes a new problem of increased toxins being released into the air; damaging the ecological system. Air ...

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Preview: ... dards for Light-Duty Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks, Gas Sulfur Programs, National Low Emission Vehicle Programs, Compliance Assurance Programs, Federal testing procedures, and On-Board Refueling Vapor Recovery Programs. These are all administered by the Environmental Protection Agency and address the pollutants emitted by combustion engines that are fueled by petroleum products (EPA, 2009).<br> EPA regulations have changed the formulation of gasoline over the years in order to reduce emissions and make it a cleaner fuel, so it is not unprecedented to require even more stringent standards. Starting in 1973, the EPA issued standards to phase out lead in the gasoline in order to reduce health risks. This resulted in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and all lead was banned in vehicle gasoline after 1995. In 1989, the EPA began requiring that during the warm summer months when ozone levels are at their highest, gasoline would need to meet special volatility standards in order to decrease the emissions from evaporation (EPA, 2008).<br> A mitigation plan to reduce the emission of greenhouse gasses and other air pollutants, would actually take into account several factors. The long term goal of the mitigation plan is to develop alternative fuel sources that would replace the traditional petroleum based products. This part of the plan will need the support of the federal government as those in the petroleum business will need to shift their resources away from petroleum and into the alternative fuels. Petroleum is still a lucrative business and the companies will need some incentive to shift their resources. This incentive could be in the form of either subsidies for working on alternative fuel projects, or fines for not pursuing the alternative fuels.<br> Another part of the mitigation plan is something that could be undertaken immediately. In July 2008 when the average annual gas price reached $4.11 per gallon of regular unleaded, the amount of driving the average American did was reduced significantly in order to save money (CNN, 2008). While behavior is influenced by monetary “penalties” such as high prices, they should also be motivated to in other ways to reduce the amount of driving they are doing. The money that they save is one benefit of driving less, but the other benefit is fewer air pollutants being put into the atmosphere.<br> The third part of the mitigation plan is the “in between” stage ...

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