U.S Energy Trends
The per capita consumption of energy has changed a lot in the United States for the last fifty years. To begin, consumptions tripled during the last fifty years. Sadly, we use more energy than we make. Therefore, the oil that we consume we get them from imports. One of these examples is that in the years 1950- 1990, energy consumption raised approximately one- hundred ninety- nine quads or more. The percentage that we import on other countries changed drastically also on the last fifty years. As time passes the imports keep increasing. In 1950 the quads went up to one percent in 1980 it went up to ten- eleven percent in only thirty years. The percentage kept growing in 2006; it went up to twenty-eight percent. The mixed of energy sources converted in the last fifty years in production and consumption considering fossil fuels, uranium (nuclear), energy, and renewable power sources. Fossil fuels had a dramatically changed, in 1950-2006; the quads rose up to sixty-three percent. The usage of fossil fuels is rising. In the year of 1950 the fossil was at thirty quads and it grew up to fifty quads in 1970. Nuclear sources raised their productions and consumptions up to eight percent in the last fifty years and nuclear sources have doubled. Production and consumption of fossil fuels has been a growing concern throughout the years
Though the early Russians were the first to notice oil seepages during their one- hundred twenty-five years of settlement in Alaska in 1860, unfortunately, they weren’t interested in making any advancement on it. These seepages of oil were found on the land of Iniskin Bay and Cold Bay on the Alaska Peninsula. In the 1890’s the first oil was claimed in Alaska on the Iniskin Peninsula on the west shore of Cook Bay, west of Homer. The earliest well that was drilled in Iniskin Peninsula carried out amounts of oil but at the same time seawater, this caused the oil to flow less. At the same moment a number of individuals caught sight of a few oil seepages at Dry Bay. These were some of the many ineffective well drills (Reverie).
In the year 1969 oil deposits were uncovered in Alaska’s North Slope, but in 1968 oil appeared in Atlantic Richfield at Prudhoe Bay. Prudhoe Bay is the biggest field ever discovered in North America. Oil explorers found oil on the shore of Cook Inlet, southwest of what’s known today as Anchorage. On the Gulf of Alaska, at Kalla, a well was drilled and oil came out. Many more of these wells were drilled in Kalla and accordingly a refinery was created. Drillers found much supplementary oil in open land, in Cook Inlet, oil explorers, found more than a dozen fields. In order to make advancement in the oil that was found, the oil companies built two refineries in the Peninsula. In December 1933 the Katalla oil fields carried on productions just before a fire incident destroyed the refinery. For the next two decades, the federal government and the private investors made many explorations looking for of oil only in the places that maintained inside the territory. No production occurred until the finding of Kenai Peninsula’s Swanson River in 1957. Oil companies started establishing the Trans-Alaska pipeline in 1974 following the position of important government's academic work and having essential federal legislation (“When Was Oil Discovered and Developed in Alaska”).
Discovering oil was good for our economy, on the other hand, oil can cause many problems to our world such as air and water pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency is trying to prevent these issues. The EPA was created on February 10, 1970; The Environmental Protection Agency originated in downtown Washington D.C. (“U.S Environmental Protection Agency”). President Richard M. Nixon created this agency to make the guardianship of endangered species more effective, to tight the authority on water and air pollution contamination, and more support for national parks. Also the EPA’s national accomplishments are to reduce air pollution. President Richard M. Nixon made a promised to fix the environmental damage, and also to create new criteria to guide us in the future (Gibbons). President Nixon was inspired to make change for the benefit of all living things was the wanting protection of all citizens, mainly children, and taking into consideration other problems such as air and water pollution, endangered species, and several more. Lastly the environmentalists want to strengthen the protection of endangered species and one of the most important public health.
Works Cited
Gibbons Whit. “Who Established the Environmental Protection Agency.” Who Established the Environmental Protection Agency. 2009. Web. 2 Dec. 2010.
<http://www.uga.edu/srel/ecoviews/ecoview090419.htm>.
Reverie Lucid. “Oil Discovery and Development in Alaska.” Modern Alaska. 2004-20010. Web. 2 Dec. 2010.
< http://www.akhistorycourse.org/articles/article.php?artID=140>.
“U.S Environmental Protection Agency”. U.S Environmental Protection Agency. 2009. Web. 2 Dec. 2010.
<http://www.epa.gov/history/index.htm>.
“When Was Oil Discovered and Developed in Alaska.” Discover Alaska. Alaska Historical Society. Web. 1 Dec. 2010.
<http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/index.cfm?section=discover%20alaska&page=faqs&viewpost=2&ContentId=10>.
The per capita consumption of energy has changed a lot in the United States for the last fifty years. To begin, consumptions tripled during the last fifty years. Sadly, we use more energy than we make. Therefore, the oil that we consume we get them from imports. One of these examples is that in the years 1950- 1990, energy consumption raised approximately one- hundred ninety- nine quads or more. The percentage that we import on other countries changed drastically also on the last fifty years. As time passes the imports keep increasing. In 1950 the quads went up to one percent in 1980 it went up to ten- eleven percent in only thirty years. The percentage kept growing in 2006; it went up to twenty-eight percent. The mixed of energy sources converted in the last fifty years in production and consumption considering fossil fuels, uranium (nuclear), energy, and renewable power sources. Fossil fuels had a dramatically changed, in 1950-2006; the quads rose up to sixty-three percent. The usage of fossil fuels is rising. In the year of 1950 the fossil was at thirty quads and it grew up to fifty quads in 1970. Nuclear sources raised their productions and consumptions up to eight percent in the last fifty years and nuclear sources have doubled. Production and consumption of fossil fuels has been a growing concern throughout the years
Though the early Russians were the first to notice oil seepages during their one- hundred twenty-five years of settlement in Alaska in 1860, unfortunately, they weren’t interested in making any advancement on it. These seepages of oil were found on the land of Iniskin Bay and Cold Bay on the Alaska Peninsula. In the 1890’s the first oil was claimed in Alaska on the Iniskin Peninsula on the west shore of Cook Bay, west of Homer. The earliest well that was drilled in Iniskin Peninsula carried out amounts of oil but at the same time seawater, this caused the oil to flow less. At the same moment a number of individuals caught sight of a few oil seepages at Dry Bay. These were some of the many ineffective well drills (Reverie).
In the year 1969 oil deposits were uncovered in Alaska’s North Slope, but in 1968 oil appeared in Atlantic Richfield at Prudhoe Bay. Prudhoe Bay is the biggest field ever discovered in North America. Oil explorers found oil on the shore of Cook Inlet, southwest of what’s known today as Anchorage. On the Gulf of Alaska, at Kalla, a well was drilled and oil came out. Many more of these wells were drilled in Kalla and accordingly a refinery was created. Drillers found much supplementary oil in open land, in Cook Inlet, oil explorers, found more than a dozen fields. In order to make advancement in the oil that was found, the oil companies built two refineries in the Peninsula. In December 1933 the Katalla oil fields carried on productions just before a fire incident destroyed the refinery. For the next two decades, the federal government and the private investors made many explorations looking for of oil only in the places that maintained inside the territory. No production occurred until the finding of Kenai Peninsula’s Swanson River in 1957. Oil companies started establishing the Trans-Alaska pipeline in 1974 following the position of important government's academic work and having essential federal legislation (“When Was Oil Discovered and Developed in Alaska”).
Discovering oil was good for our economy, on the other hand, oil can cause many problems to our world such as air and water pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency is trying to prevent these issues. The EPA was created on February 10, 1970; The Environmental Protection Agency originated in downtown Washington D.C. (“U.S Environmental Protection Agency”). President Richard M. Nixon created this agency to make the guardianship of endangered species more effective, to tight the authority on water and air pollution contamination, and more support for national parks. Also the EPA’s national accomplishments are to reduce air pollution. President Richard M. Nixon made a promised to fix the environmental damage, and also to create new criteria to guide us in the future (Gibbons). President Nixon was inspired to make change for the benefit of all living things was the wanting protection of all citizens, mainly children, and taking into consideration other problems such as air and water pollution, endangered species, and several more. Lastly the environmentalists want to strengthen the protection of endangered species and one of the most important public health.
Works Cited
Gibbons Whit. “Who Established the Environmental Protection Agency.” Who Established the Environmental Protection Agency. 2009. Web. 2 Dec. 2010.
<http://www.uga.edu/srel/ecoviews/ecoview090419.htm>.
Reverie Lucid. “Oil Discovery and Development in Alaska.” Modern Alaska. 2004-20010. Web. 2 Dec. 2010.
< http://www.akhistorycourse.org/articles/article.php?artID=140>.
“U.S Environmental Protection Agency”. U.S Environmental Protection Agency. 2009. Web. 2 Dec. 2010.
<http://www.epa.gov/history/index.htm>.
“When Was Oil Discovered and Developed in Alaska.” Discover Alaska. Alaska Historical Society. Web. 1 Dec. 2010.
<http://www.alaskahistoricalsociety.org/index.cfm?section=discover%20alaska&page=faqs&viewpost=2&ContentId=10>.