The Need for Alternative Energy Resource in the UK - Case Study Example

Download file to see previous pages Since last 100 years, Developed countries have been utilizing the cheap fuel resources and with the emphasis of the Western Governments for economic growth, the existing pace of economic growth has resulted into enormous exploitation of existing resources. The industrial growth, as well as the increase in the output levels, however, required a constant supply of energy resources that were considered as necessary to fuel the economy. The increasing use of energy resources especially oil, however, put extra pressure on the available reserves of the world thus making a case for the development of alternative energy. (Karakosta, 2009)
The need for renewable alternative energy sources is therefore critical in the sense that they can not only help to conserve the existing traditional resources such as oil but also provide cleaner and less environmentally damaging energy resources. However, the use of alternative energy resources such as bio-fuel is also not as clean as it is considered not entirely economic and as damaging to the environment. Nuclear energy is therefore again considered as one of the most important aspects of using energy more cheaply and in a relatively environment-friendly manner. (Ryland, 2002)
This report will, therefore, look at the various ways different alternative energy resources can be utilized with special emphasis on the nuclear power as the major source to be used as alternative energy resource for the UK in next 30 years.
Renewable alternative energy is the energy that has been generated from general resources of the earth however they are renewable in nature. As discussed above that the existing traditional energy resources of the world are not renewable in nature and their existing stock is depleting with the passage of time. In order to fuel the economy, renewable alternative energy resources, therefore, are considered as one of the main resources to fuel the economy. Fossil fuel is another critical source of energy that can be obtained from the natural decomposition of buried and dead creatures and can also serve as an alternative energy resource with relatively cheap cost and durability. (Mikkila & Heinimo, 2009) ...Download file to see next pagesRead More