Alternative Energy: United States’ Untapped Resources

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Alternative energy is becoming a hot button issue. You may be surprised to learn the United States is making strides in alternative energy. United States also has more untapped alternative energy resources.

United States consumes over 20 billion barrels of oil per day. United States consumes more oil than any other country in the world. That amount of oil consumption is staggering, especially when oil is a non-renewable resource. Burning of fossil fuels has also been attributed to global warming. While United States has the highest oil consumption, United States also possesses a large amount of alternative energy sources.

United States produces a large amount of geothermal energy. Geothermal Education Center stated, “The United States alone produces 2700 megawatts of electricity from geothermal energy, electricity comparable to burning sixty million barrels of oil each year.” Over the last year, geothermal projects in America grew even further. According to the American-German Business News, “Geothermal power projects grew 46% in 2009.” American-German Business News also stated that geothermal powering is being used by, “include Peppermill Resort Spa Casino in Reno, Nev.; ACT based in Iowa City, Iowa and NASA’s new Ames Research Center in the San Francisco Bay area.” Geothermal is just one alternative power source being produced by America.



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