Persuasive Essay On Renewable Energy

Renewable energy sources like wind turbines and tidal barrages are better for the environment than nuclear power and fossil fuels. They also have the potential to last forever. So why are they not being used all over the world? A reason for this is because switching to renewable energy as a primary source would cost a lot of money. Some countries don’t think it is worth it, and others simply can’t afford to. There are also many nations that earn a vast amount of money from oil and coal, that wouldn’t make anywhere near as much if the world decided to switch to renewable sources. These are all perfectly reasonable arguments in favour of non-renewable sources, but eventually it will run out. According to ecotricity.co.uk coal could only last until 2088 and scientificAmerican.com says that nuclear power reactors might only run for about 200 more years. This is a long way away but it would be horrible to leave the planet polluted and without fuel for future generations. So should the world really start to work on putting renewable energy in every household?
It would cost a fortune to make renewable energy the primary source of power on the planet. According to wind industry, a single commercial turbine could cost up to four million dollars. Some wind farms can have as many as 150 turbines leading to a total cost of 150 million dollars. This is actually cheaper than a coal or nuclear plant (these can cost billions) but in order to completely switch to renewable energy then you would have to abandon these facilities and build hundreds of wind farms. This is also the case with other renewable energy sources such as tidal barrages and geothermal power