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This article is about how despite our countries recent interest in finding renewable energy sources and slowly decreasing the use of gas and oil, the recent war has led many European countries to rely on gas and oil from fracking in the US. This has led to increased production, and ultimately sets back our goal of switching to a renewable energy system. Once the war is over though, and those European countries no longer need to rely on the US, we will focus on creating a 100% renewable energy system. Not only does having a system like this benefit the environment, but it is also cheaper. The fracking industry will not disappear after this change. We still rely heavily on natural gas to heat our homes. For the foreseeable future, fracking is here to stay.
This relates to environmental science because it discusses our countries future in creating a new energy system. It brings up more questions such as how can we completely eliminate the use of fossil fuels. My opinion is that as soon as the war ends we should continue producing natural gas and oil at the same rate so prices drop. Then, once we have made a good plan for how to switch to renewable energy, we can cut back the production of oil and gas and hopefully eventually eliminate fracking as a whole.
I agree with the idea that these prices are unstable and something should be done. But at what cost to the environment?
Thank you for reading my post. I believe the environmental impact is actually relatively small considering all the other things we do that harm the environment. I do see your point though, but as technology is advancing I believe we will begin to reverse some of the damage we have done.
I think this situation gives us a hard moral and environmental conundrum. To give large amounts of energy in short amounts of time, the U.S. will need to use fracking to supply Europe. However, we also need to continue developing renewable energy sources to make them as reliable as other sources we currently use on a large scale like oil. Though I agree with your argument of continuing producing natural gas and oil at the same rates, what affect would this have on the environment? Would this simply encourage people to stay comfortable with oil?
Thank you for reading my post. I think at this point, its best to continue the production considering the circumstances with the war in Ukraine. When the war ends, we can cut back on the production and continue to focus on implementing a new energy system.