US's energy plan recommendations

1. HaroldSowards
Energy
4/16/15
U. S. Energy Plan
EnergysourcesI expecttosee bythe year2050 is geothermal,solar,wind,hydro,nuclearand
natural gases.I don’tthinkthat the non-renewables(otherthanthe gases) have muchof a life spanleft.
I thinkthat all of the sectors wouldbe usingthese energysources,withall of the natural gasenergy
sourcesusedinthe residential sectortoheatthe housesquite well. Transportationwill mainlybe
focusedonthe solar andhydro energysourcesthatare available.Geothermal andwindwouldmainlybe
usedinthe electrical andindustrial sectors.I’dwanttosaythat the percentage of the geothermal
source wouldbe 40 % inboth the residential andthe electricsectors,0% in the transportationsector
(justdoesn’tmake sense touse thatenergyhere) and20% inthe industrial.Solar andHydro wouldbe
20% inelectric,industrial,andresidential sectorswhilebeing40% inthe transportationsector. Wind
wouldbe 40% in the electrical sectorwith30% beinginboththe industrial andresidential sector
resultingin0%for the transportationsector(again,justdoesn’tseemfeasible).Nuclearwouldbe used
for 10% of the industrial andresidentialdemandswhilemaintaining80% of the electrical needsand0%
inthe transportationsector(again,justdoesn’tseemlikeit’dmake sensetouse thatsource in a car).
Finally,Natural Gaswill be spreadout50-50 betweenelectricalandresidentialdemands.
The residential sectorwill be usingatotal of 170% of the resourcescombined,transportationat
a slightlylower80%,industrial sectorwill be usingatotal of 100%, while the electrical sectorwillbe
usingthe mostamount outof themall witha total of 250%. Thishonestlymakesthe mostsense tome.
Electricisthe biggestdemandfollowedbyresidencyandthenthe industrieswithtransportation
reachingthe final lowerposition.
Withthisincrease onnuclearjobs,the people who’vebeenincoal mineswill be able tostill
have jobsbecause theirtrainingmatchesthatof nuclear teammembers,sominimumcasualtiesfrom
that fallout.Basedoff the evidence I’vereadfromthe lastreportsI’ve written,windindustriesbringin
around1,600 newjobsperstate,whichto me lookslike 80,000 new jobsinone year witha cap of 2.8

2. HaroldSowards
Energy
4/16/15
millionbythe year2050, while thisseemslike astaggeringnumber,Iwantto pointoutthat as more and
more areas become investedinthistechnology,more windmillswillneedtobe putup.While notall of
the jobsare permanent,thatisstill ahuge increase injobsandrevenue tothe countrythan before.The
restof the jobsin the industrywill alsospreadout,however,overtime Ican see thatNatural Gas jobs
will startto go downif all of the gas starts gettingusedup.So,to make thingsa safe betto getintothis
field,Iwantto recommendthatanynewemployeegetcertifiedinto2or more areas sothat if their
resource isexploitedcompletely,theyhave abackuptheycan fall into.
Well,if the US doesn’thave tokeeprelyingonforeignoil reserves,thentheywouldbe able to
save moneyanyways.So,whenthe countrydecidestogogreenanduse all of the optionthat theyhave
available tothem,theywill have asurplusof money,andatsome pointourtechnologywill be advanced
to a pointthat otherswill wanttobuy itfromus, so that theycan add the same amountof energy
contributionstotheirowncompanies.Soatleastuntil 2050, the US will be able tosell andmake money
off of theirenergytechnologiesandnothave torelyon othercountriesfor anyof those needs.
I didsome researchand lookedatthe currentDOE Energy Planandtheywant to have a 17%
reductioningreenhousegasreductionbythe year2020, so to piggyback off that idea,if we go onfor
the nextyear(2050) I’d like tosaythat at a .85 reductionrate peryearI’d saythat we needto have a
25.5% reductionrate bythe year2050. Also,theywanttoreduce carbon pollutionby3billionmetric
tonsby the year 2030, so I wouldwantto see another1.5 billiontonsreducedbythe year2050. All of
thiswouldbe if we continue toimplementtheirplansof allowing10,000 MegaWatts of renewable
energysourcestobe builtby the year2020, while makingsome mildchangestothe wattage numberto
match the current demand.We alsoneedtokeepreducingall of the technologyandmanufacturing
costs of these renewable resourcesandapplyoffshore windconceptsandfindawayto recycle old

3. HaroldSowards
Energy
4/16/15
nuclearfuel rods.We’dimprove the securitybyfindingnew regulationsforeachsectorandconstantly
strivingtoreach the peakperformance level of eachsource while makingsure safetyisalsohigh.
Now,I wantit to be knownthat I’monlygoingonthe assumptionsthatmylastresearchwas
correct, thatthe US goesby theircurrentDOE plan,and that all the non-renewablesare gone bythe
time itreaches2050. The strengthsof my planwouldbe thatthe environmentasa whole wouldbe
cleanas can be witha lotof greenhousepollutionremovedfromthe process.A weaknesshowever
couldbe that there isn’tmanyoptionsfortransportationfuelswhichcouldcause ahuge demandinthat
sectorfor improvementsandalsoa raise inmanypeople relyingonoldtechnologyandahuge price
gouging.A fewconsequencescouldbe thatwe woulddeplete all of the natural gasreservesandalsowe
couldpossiblydamage the housingindustrybytakingawaylandthattheymay needforhousing,we
coulddisrupta fewlandmarksandscenerybyusinggeothermal energyandwe couldharmmarine life if
hydrotechnologyinthe oceanisn’tmodified.