Renewable and Non renewable energy
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2 Two years ago I purchased an Energy Star home in a newly developed community in Maryland. These types of homes can help homeowners reduce their energy usage by including proper sealing techniques, air barriers, increased isolation, programmable thermostats, low E windows and CFL bulbs. There are several different forms of energy I use throughout the year at home, work, and while traveling and the amounts of these energies I use varies with the different seasons. At home the main sources of energy used is the fossil fuel, natural gas, and the secondary energy electricity. Electricity is a secondary source because it is converted by using other primary sources of energy such as coal, nuclear, or solar energy (“Electricity Basics”, n.d). I rely on these two main forms of energy to heat and cool the house, use electronic devices such as laptop, vacuum, microwave, television, phone charger, dishwasher, and refrigerator and to provide lighting to rooms at night. On my way to work I use the two energy sources that are added to my car which are petroleum and the biofuel ethanol in the gasoline. These provide a means of transportation. When at work the main source of energy that I use is the secondary energy electricity. Electricity provides lighting to the rooms, provides energy to computers and telephones, energizes the x-ray control panel and x-ray tube to provide electromagnetic radiation to produce x-rays. This allows me to perform my job efficiently. Most these forms of energy in Maryland originate from Maryland’s coal-fired power plants which supply approximately half of the electricity to the state (“Maryland State Profile and Energy Estimates”, 2009). The fossil fuel natural gas is supplied by several pipelines from the Gulf coast region (“Maryland State Profile and Energy Estimates”, 2009). As for petroleum, Maryland relies on other states and abroad to supply them.
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October 15, 2013
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Professor Atkins
2 Two years ago I purchased an Energy Star home in a newly developed community in Maryland. These types of homes can help homeowners reduce their energy usage by including proper sealing techniques, air barriers, increased isolation, programmable thermostats, low E windows and CFL bulbs. There are several different forms of energy I use throughout the year at home, work, and while traveling and the amounts of these energies I use varies with the different seasons. At home the main sources of energy used is the fossil fuel, natural gas, and the secondary energy electricity. Electricity is a secondary source because it is converted by using other primary sources of energy such as coal, nuclear, or solar energy (“Electricity Basics”, n.d). I rely on these two main forms of energy to heat and cool the house, use electronic devices such as laptop, vacuum, microwave, television, phone charger, dishwasher, and refrigerator and to provide lighting to rooms at night. On my way to work I use the two energy sources that are added to my car which are petroleum and the biofuel ethanol in the gasoline. These provide a means of transportation. When at work the main source of energy that I use is the secondary energy electricity. Electricity provides lighting to the rooms, provides energy to computers and telephones, energizes the x-ray control panel and x-ray tube to provide electromagnetic radiation to produce x-rays. This allows me to perform my job efficiently. Most these forms of energy in Maryland originate from Maryland’s coal-fired power plants which supply approximately half of the electricity to the state (“Maryland State Profile and Energy Estimates”, 2009). The fossil fuel natural gas is supplied by several pipelines from the Gulf coast region (“Maryland State Profile and Energy Estimates”, 2009). As for petroleum, Maryland relies on other states and abroad to supply them.
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References: Electricity Basics, (n.d.) Retrieved October 15, 2013 from http://www.eia.gov/kids/energy.cfm?page=electricity_home-basics-k.cfm Energy Sources, (2013), Retrieved October 15, 2013 from http://www.energy4me.org/energy-facts/energy-sources/ Maryland state profiles and energy estimates, (2009), Retrieved October 15, 2013 from http://www.eia.gov/state/analysis.cfm?sid=MD