forming a black haze around the horizon, or the strange black tint in the water left over from

an oil spill years ago. These are all types of pollution and are all caused by one common

entity: fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are fuels created naturally within the Earth. Whether by

adding to the greenhouse effect, reshaping a landscape during a mining operation, or simply

blowing smoke in someone's face, these familiar sources of energy have an undeniably profound

Fossil fuels are the most widely used source of energy throughout the modern world. In the

United States alone, they account for over eighty-five percent of energy consumption. It is

often overlooked, however, that they are not only the cause of economic and political

instability but also account for almost all of the world's pollution, including chemicals

attributed to global warming. Alternative energy production methods must be discovered and

developed to replace this unclean and insecure source of power. Devices such as wind power

plants, solar power plants, and other renewable energy harnessing facilities, facilities with

As well as being environmentally sound, renewables and other alternatives are also economically

from hydropower and the burning of biomass. (Griffin 1992, [CQ Researcher]) The United States'

Power companies, gas companies, and other power utility companies are often centralized and have

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