Energy Trade

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This paper discusses the energy trade in the United States. It discusses the increasing need for energy compared to the consumers' decreasing knowledge about where energy is coming from. The paper then discusses President Bush's State of the Union Address for 2006, in which he outlined his new advanced energy initiative, with the overall goal of reducing dependence upon Middle Eastern oil. It then addresses this goal to further advance the use and technology of solar and wind energy resources.

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"Renewable energy has been used in various, yet mostly private applications for many years, with ah classic example of the farmer using a solitary windmill to provide energy to a pump that provides water to his fields or livestock or the application of several solar cells on the roofs of homes, either in remote locations where other sources of power are to expensive to obtain or in the city where the novice environmentalist wishes to "get off the grid." Yet, these applications are very limited and the much larger possible applications and the technology that drives them can be rather expensive, in comparison to other forms of energy attainment, especially with regard to initial investment. One of President Bushes stated goals is to reduce the cost of these investments through the development of less costly technologies. Though is a relatively simplistic look at the actual numbers, wind energy, on its own has increased in capacity significantly in the last few years and the same can be said of solar renewable resources."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bush, President George W. (2006). "Advanced Energy Initiative" at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/stateoftheunion/2006/energy/
• Bush, President George W. (2006). "State of the Union" at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/01/20060131-6.html
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• Hansen, L. M. (2005). Can Wind Be a "Firm" Resource? A North Carolina Case Study. Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum, 15(2), 341-347.
• Pasqualetti, M. J. (2000). Morality, Space and the Power of Wind-Energy Landscapes. The Geographical Review, 90(3), 381.

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