Debate

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 * The president proposed a plan that used hydrogen as the energy of the future; "...potential to provide virtually limitless, clean, safe, secure, affordable and reliable energy from domestic resources."
 * The focus for today is on gathering "...research and development to overcome the technicle barriers associated with Hydrogen and fuel-cell technology...."
 * "...revolutionary approach like hydrogen fuel cells to provide the fundamental change that will allow us to be completely independent of oil and free of carbon in the tailpipe." This helps prove that one day people will be able to use alternative energy sources and not be ashamed of it.
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 * People don't understand that eache source of energy has its own problems; "... bemoaned oil dependency do not understand that every energy alternative comes with its own problems and limitations."
 * Pricing drops on fuel as a chance to get people to stick with that type of fuel being produced; "As alternative fuels become more competitive, oil and gas producers have strong incentives to drop prices to kill competition."
 * "Long-term energy security also requires the use of clean energy." People are most concerned with the long-term effects of using alternative energy sources.
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 * In general, human beings don't think about recycling, rather they are more concerned that the material gets thrown out, no matter what the product is made of; "Americans generate more than 300 million tons of garbage each year. About one-third of it gets recycled, about 8 percent goes to waste-to-energy plants and more than 160 million tons is landfilled."
 * "Use of waste-to-energy has been shown to be an important component of successful solid-waste management programs.", people are more concerned with there well-being rather than the well-being of the planet and ecosystem in which we live in.
 * Some organizations are trying to fight the lack of responsibility in recycling by creating new ways to recycle man-made products; "Waste-to-energy plants are also valuable contributors in the fight against global warming. EPA studies show that American waste-to-energy plants prevent the release of nearly 30 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per year."
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 * "...boasts 85,000 jobs and 400 manufactoring plants in the United States..." This shows that no matter how good the energy is, it still helps the economy out in a way that people don't expect.
 * The use of alternative energy sources helps lock in prices for those that use one of the many different forms of alternative energy; "With wind power, utilities can lock in power prices with 20-year contracts..."
 * "...no technological advances are needed to bring wind power into the mainstream. It already is." This the fact that the only thing that humans need to perform is the task of building the turbines to capture this energy source that is not created by man, rather by mother nature.
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 * "...competitive electric retail services but includes some significant initial attempts to deal with assuring the continued contribution of renewable energy...." This proves that some people are willing to adjust to the alternate energy sources, however, even those people are also willing to push others to try and put faith in products other than gasoline and oil.
 * Most of the time people forget about one type of alternate energy and that is hydro-power, which is because the people in general don't think of water as a source of energy rather a source of entertainment and amusement; "hydro-power was not included among the list of renewable energy technologies that the states were required to encourage...."
 * "Why do we care about renewable energy? We care because it promotes sustainable development, because it assures diversity and energy security..." The most common people should care about alternate energy, because it is one thing that will constantly come back all the time and give assistance whenever needed.
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 * General Motors stated that "...the promise of hydrogen cars justified delaying fuel-effieciency regulations."
 * There are some efforts in trying to make Hydrogen more usable, "...major effort to introduce hydrogen cars before 2030 would unddermine efforts to reduce emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide..."
 * "...potential to provide a pollution-free substitute for oil in the second half of this century."
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 * "...the conversation quickly turns to renewable energy." This is because currently the main source of fuel that people are using is non-renewable energy that comes from fossil fuels.
 * People want to try new things, yet they want to wait for the opportunity that presents itself the most convenient to them; "Unfortunetly, there is nothing on the horizon that comes close to gasoline as far as cost and performance are concerned."
 * "Ethanol made out of corn is the closest thing we have to a domestic alternative to gasoline." It seems that people are only paying attention to what they want to use whether they show it or not
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 * "Recycling saves three to five times the amount of energy as burning the same materials." This shows that instead of throwing away the materials we should burn them and release more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
 * Burning the excess materials is just one way of saying we don't need you anymore so see ya; "Incineration encourages a one-way flow of materials on a finite planet. It makes the task of conserving resources and reducing waste more difficult, not easier."
 * "All incinerators release pollutants, including acid gases, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, metals, dioxins and furans and at least 190 volatile organic compounds." These incinerators cause more harm than good, in a way that only those who wish to keep mother nature the way she is and not destroy her for human needs of destruction.
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 * "Wind proponents argue that wind is not a 'mature' technology and should therefore recieve subsidies." This proves the fact that people are believeing that in order for wind energy to take effect, people must be willing to pay more for the usage of the trubines than for a different form of alternate energy.
 * People are discussing the purposes of recieveing the subsidies and this is why people believe wind energy should recieve them as well, "The wind lobby also argues that wind should recieve subsidies becuause conventional fuels do."
 * "Wind may not seem like a 'mature' technology because it is unrealiable. People switched away from wind to other sources of energy such as coal, hydroelectric, natural gas, and petroleum." This is a way of showing that people are impatient towards wind energy as an alternate energy source, yet they have the patience for the other forms of energy stated above.
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 * "Any federal policy mandating the use of renewable energy to generate some portion of the nation's electricity needs will impose substantial costs." Those who plan to use renewable energy sources will have to take time to plan ahead, with the way they spend their money, due to the cost of using renewable energy sources.
 * Those who plan to use only one source of energy say that those who plan to start using another are losing it, because there is still enough of the first source of energy; "Mandating renewable fuels on the grounds that we are running out of fossil fuel is senseless."
 * "A renewable mandate unfairly penalizesthe many power generators who have invested huge sums on pollution-control equipment to clean up their emissions." The people who invest lots of money into the renewable energy sources, are those whoe are aiming to help many, however the true person that they want to help is themselves.