United States of America has used oil as its main source of energy for a long time but, it can emulate the Simso community project. This because, however, they have ready access to oil in the state, the oil is a major source of global warming that leads to climate change. The Simso community initially used electricity that was coming mainly from the mainland that was passing through a cable and generation coming from coal. This affects the atmosphere as carbon dioxide is generated through the process in tones. For example, each sassing into the atmosphere generates almost eleven tones on an annual basis. Due to the damage that was being caused by the carbon dioxide gas emitted from coal, the individuals had to look for an alternative source of energy, wind energy. Therefore, by the year 2001, fossil fuel use had cut down by almost half the initially produced amount. By the year 2003, professionals in the energy industry had already developed a habit of using the natural resources in the production of energy (Nader 515).
The Same community was mainly a group of individuals who practiced the art conservation farming and they considered themselves not to be much of professionals hence, a new energy use was not something that was considered vital for this community. According to analysts, there is rate of fossil fuel use is meant to increase by two percent due to the increased use of the fossil fuel, for example, from more cars and industries developed that use fossil fuel as a form of energy (Kelly 17). A certain percentage of carbon dioxide when emitted is absorbed into the water bodies, this intern affects the species that are aquatic both plants and animals. For example, excessive growth of algae called algae bloom is bound to happen when excess carbon dioxide is absorbed into the water. Animal species are bound to suffocate leading to extinction in some cases (Nader 516).
Excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere also causes global warming that result into excess unusual temperatures in the atmosphere. Global warming results into melting of ice caps, calamities such as drought and also unusual patterns of precipitation. With the change in climate, there is bound to be conflicts especially for the individuals living in harsh environmental conditions (Kelly 17). This is based on the fact that, such individuals may start fighting over land issues and boundaries that are more favorable hence, resulting into conflicts that can lead to endless wars. A good example is Darfur that has been fighting due to changes in rainfall patterns due to global warming. This war has claimed 300 000 lives and even more in equatorial Africa (Nader 517). President Nicholas Sarkozy assured individuals that if global warming is controlled, the conflicts can be reduced. The secretary general of United Nations Ban Ki Moon declared the issue of climate changes a global disaster. Samso community is offering a good example for other nations that are using excess fossil fuels and causing damage to their neighbors. This community has reduced the rate of fossil fuel use, but it is still experiencing challenges as the neighboring countries continuously emit more fossil fuels from their industries as China. Simso Island due to its efforts in reducing the use of fossil fuels and embracing the use of natural renewable energy sources received an award and even later, they were given a name, Denmark’s ‘Renewable energy island’ (Nader 518).
The renewable energy project was important in Samso as seen from the old man who gave up his farm and embraced the project of renewable source of energy. At first the renewable source of energy project was more of a local meeting that they could discuss the local ideas and bring them into actions (Nader 519).
As an alternative source of energy, the island of Simso turned turbines through use of wind energy to generate electricity. Therefore, they produced energy that could sustain the island and it was about eight billion kilowatt hours of electrical energy produced. When this project was started, there was no much hope for it to succeed. Therefore, there are numerous individuals who keep conducting their research in this area to know how this project can function in their areas. Natural materials like heating of straws can be used to produce energy. The carbon dioxide emitted by the straws is not as harmful as the one coming from fossil fuel because it is from biomass as opposed to carbon coming from coal that increases that rate of climate change causing detrimental effects in the atmosphere (Pimental 76).
Despite this, US still rely on the use of oil as a form of energy. This is because; oil is more available to US as a state. Embracing the use of renewable energy is stagnant due to the reason that, the process requires new materials and equipments to be developed. Oil is a readily available source of energy and accessing it is not a problem for US due to the technology that has been developed to extract it over years (Pimental 76).
However, there are other forms of energy that US can embrace to reduce the use of oil that has high carbon rates of emission into the atmosphere. The use of solar energy that is energy from the sun in areas that this technology favors may benefit a lot from it. Also, the use of wind energy is a clean source of energy that the US should try to embrace in order to reduce the rates of carbon emission in the atmosphere. Production of energy from biogas is also another alternative source of energy and instead of over reliance on oil; the United States of America can incorporate the use of these renewable energy to reduce the rate of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere (Pimental 76).
Works cited
Kelly, Regina A. Energy Supply and Renewable Resources. New York, NY: Facts On File, 2007. Internet resource. 17
Pimentel, David. Biofuels, Solar and Wind As Renewable Energy Systems: Benefits and Risks. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, 2008. Print.
