Load shedding is a result of insufficient electricity generation in South Africa. The state-owned power corporation, Eskom then developed the largest dry-cooled, coal-fired power station to increase the capacity of electricity generation. This is the Medupi power station, with turbine technology operating at very high temperature and pressure which means better efficiency [1]. Medupi power...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is an intergovernmental (IPCC) body of the United Nations which is aimed at providing the world with an objective, scientific view of climate change, its natural, political and economic impacts and risks, and possible response options (Caro 203). The panel reports on direct emissions by sectors through monitoring human...
Global warming has become a big topic in society today. There are any different views and opinions on whether or not it is real and what effects it is having on us and our planet. I personally believe that global warming is real and is changing our climate and will only continue to get worse...
I. Introduction Ontario is generating electricity through hydro, nuclear, gas/oil, wind, and biomass. Around 73 percent of electricity is generated through non-renewable resources like nuclear, gas/oil, and biomass, which have a significant environmental impact and Greenhouse gas emission [1]. II. Power Generation As of Monday, October 7th, 2019. 11:00 AM EST, Ontario power generation from...
Global warming is a threat to the existence of humanity, partially due to the overuse of vehicles that emit greenhouse gases. Vehicles are responsible for several externalities and, undoubtedly, the rapid growth of private vehicles is contributing to increasing the level of greenhouse gas emissions in Toronto. However, as mentioned by Karjalainen and Juhola (2019),...
Today, the world runs both literally and figuratively on fossil fuels. People depend on fossil fuels for personal transportation, lighting and heating their homes, the conveyance of their foods, the machinery that helps grow food, erect buildings, mine for important minerals, and the products that allow consumerism to thrive. However, the combustion of fossil fuels...
