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Comparing Non-Renewable and Renewable Energy Resources: Efficiency, Pollution, Policy Impact

This review and comparison examine the performance and efficiency of non-renewable and renewable energy resources, focusing on their application in transportation and power generation. It discusses the implications of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 on oil spill prevention and response, highlighting the responsibility of facilities in managing spills. Additionally, it explores energy efficiency practices in both residential and industrial contexts, emphasizing the necessity of reducing waste, enhancing insulation, and utilizing eco-friendly alternatives like passive solar heating. The review also addresses the historical context of fuel economy standards and their importance in fostering sustainable energy usage.

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Comparing Non-Renewable and Renewable Energy Resources: Efficiency, Pollution, Policy Impact

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  1. Review & Comparison Non-Renewable & Renewable Energy Resources

  2. Comparison of Transportation

  3. Nuclear Power Plant

  4. Charcoal

  5. Solar Ovens

  6. Oil Pollution Act of 1990 • Oil Pollution Act of 1990 • 33 U.S.C. 2702 to 2761 • The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) of 1990 streamlined and strengthened EPA’s ability to prevent and respond to catastrophic oil spills.  A trust fund financed by a tax on oil is available to clean up spills when the responsible party is incapable or unwilling to do so.  The OPA requires oil storage facilities and vessels to submit to the Federal government plans detailing how they will respond to large discharges.   EPA has published regulations for aboveground storage facilities; the Coast Guard has done so for oil tankers.  The OPA also requires the development of Area Contingency Plans to prepare and plan for oil spill response on a regional scale.

  7. Energy & Efficiency • 16- 20% commercial E performs useful work • 40% unavoidable waste (2nd Law of Thermo) • 40% Unnecessary waste

  8. Commercial Unnecessary waste • Incandescent light bulb (5% light + 95% lost as heat) • Motor vehicles (heat, unnecessary idling) • Nuclear power plant (83-92 % wasted) • Coal fired E plants loose heat • NOW what about PASSIVE Solar heating? • 90% through window + 10% reflected

  9. YoUsing Energy More Efficiently Decrease Use (reduce) & conserve Individual Homes • Increase insulation • Decrease leaks • Fans • Lighting Motor vehicle use • Plan routes • Vehicle maintenance

  10. IndUStrialUSe • Cogeneration – using excess heat or gas for other industrial uses near-by • Replacing inefficient motors • Recycling materials there decreasing use of raw ores • Not using incandescent lights

  11. More IndUStrialUSe CAFÉ –Corporate Average Fuel Economy • 1973 – 1985 US Govt imposed standards • To increase fuel efficiency in new vehicles • Has since declined d/t no increased standards until 2008 • Govt can increase taxes on gasoline

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