Energy-Producing Companies - Lab Report Example

Energy-producing companies are under pressure to take affirmative measures that are aimed at reducing environmental pollution, especially by the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Our group resorted to an energy wedge construction that will reduce the production of carbon energy by 2055. Our energy wedge proposes simple ways of reducing carbon emissions while at the same time ensuring efficient use of carbon energy.    Results and Discussions Waterbody masses such as rivers and lakes also absorb carbon from the atmosphere hence reducing carbon in the atmosphere. Soil and other land covers also utilize carbon (Nesta, 2009). Planting cover crops and reducing soil erosion is estimated to reduce carbon emissions in the next 50 years. Our second wedge deals with nuclear energy production. Nuclear energy produces no carbon. It is the most efficient and the most beneficial form of energy production. However, it is always faced with political interference since nuclear energy can easily be used as a weapon of mass destruction hence indicated by the red color. (UNEP, 2007).  Although it will take time to transform from carbon energy immediately to other forms of energy, the public must be educated on efficiently utilizing the current carbon energy. This cuts across mainly in transport and construction sectors. The two sectors are the major consumers of energy mainly in the form of electricity and fuel.  Our last energy wedge deals with shifting from carbon energy biofuels. Bio-fuel is a product of plants. This is our last option designated by the color blue. The use of biofuel reduces significantly the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. However, this strategy is still faced with major challenges since it creates competition with food production (Wardlaw, 2009). The big question is whether the current land used in food production will be substituted for biofuel production.    Conclusion The above energy wedge is likely to win the desires of many oil-producing companies such as BP and other companies such as Ford that are actively involved in the motor vehicle industry. The wedge also complies with human rights activists such as the Kyoto Protocol and Copen Hagan reports that aim at sustainable development. The energy wedge takes care of the immediate environment as its basic aim. Read More