Brandon


 * The Advantages of coal-fired power over "green" energy. **

Some of the questions that I want my research paper to answer are: How much does it cost to produce green energy as opposed to coal power? How much money is spent on a wind turbine? How much is spent on a solar panel? How much acreage does a wind farm consume? Where does the energy that is produced to make solar panels and wind turbines come from? What happens to solar panels that reach the end of their useful life? Are they just thrown away? What was the conclusion of the global warming experiments? What are the conditions that solar and wind energy must be used under? **Annotated Bibliography**

America's Power - Home Web. 01 Nov. 2010. []. This pro-coal site lists many coal facts. It includes stats of coal electricity that each state uses as well as research about burning cleaner coal.

"Wind Energy Basics." //Wind// //Energy EIS Public Information Center//. Web. 01 Nov. 2010. . This site was very informative about wind energy. It gave an unbiased look at the advantages and disadvantages of this type of power. It helped me gain a basic understanding of wind –powered energy.

"Pros And Cons Of Solar Energy." //Natural & Renewable Energy Sources - Clean Energy Ideas//. Web. 01 Nov. 2010. . This site thoroughly discussed the pros and cons of solar power. It gave an in-depth look at the disadvantages as well as advantages.

"Coal-Fired Power Plant." //Tenessee// //Valley// //Authority//. Tenessee Valley Authority. Web. 02 Nov. 2010. . This site explains how a coal-fired power plant functions. It is filled with a lot of good information and diagrams.



"Study: Fish near Coal-fired Power Plants Have Lower Levels of Mercury." //EurekAlert! - Science News//. Web. 02 Nov. 2010. . This site explained a study by North Carolina State University that showed that fish living near power plants had lower mercury levels than fish living farther away. This is important because it shows that rather than putting out a lot of emissions, power plants actually reduce that of some elements.

Valder, By Roshan. "Wind Turbines Cost." //Buzzle Web Portal: Intelligent Life on the Web//. Web. 02 Nov. 2010. . This site answered many of my questions. It explained some about how wind turbines work and gave a solid number on how much wind turbines cost to build commercially.

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">"Solar Energy Firms Leave Waste Behind in China - Washingtonpost.com." //Washington// //Post - Politics, National, World & D.C. Area News and Headlines - Washingtonpost.com//. Web. 02 Nov. 2010. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/08/AR2008030802595.html <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This site was from the Washington Post about the unsafe dumping of chemicals in China. The twist is that the chemicals were byproducts of solar panels that were being produced by a “green” company. These chemicals had devastating effects on the local environment.

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">"DISADVANTAGES OF SOLAR PANELS." //Solar Energy | Solar Power | Solar Products | Solar Panels | Photovoltaics Cells | Solar Systems//. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. <http://www.solarenergy-solarpower.com/disadvantages-of-solar-panels.html>.

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This site listed many disadvantages of Solar panels. But, I used it because it addressed the problem of what to do with dead solar units. <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"> <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">"Never Enough Green for Renewable Energy." //Commonwealth Foundation//. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. <http://www.commonwealthfoundation.org/research/detail/never-enough-green-for-renewable-energy>. <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This site shows all of the funding and tax breaks the government has given renewable energy companies to make them more able to compete with other energy companies. It proves that green energy isn’t as cost efficient as fossil fuels.

<span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">"Global Warming Natural, May End Within 20 Years, Says Ohio State University Researcher." //Science Daily: News & Articles in Science, Health, Environment & Technology//. Web. 03 Nov. 2010. <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/06/010615071248.htm>. <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This site shows that there are scientists who have proven that global warming was not caused by humans. This means that coal-fired power plants do not deserve they reputation that they have gotten.

**Source Suggestions** Amy West: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 32px;">Denning, Dan. "Plentiful and Cheap: Advantages of Using Coal." The Daily Reckoning. MoneyWeek Ltd., 2010. Web. 05 Nov. 2010. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 32px;"> <www.dailyreckoning.co.uk › Commodities Trading>. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 32px;">﻿This article specifically discusses the advantages of using coal as a source of power for the United States. If your search was anything like mine, there were a lot of articles that discussed my topic and its effects in foreign countries. Hopefully this will help you to apply your topic to your audience, people in the U.S.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"The Disadvantages of Coal." Fossil Fuel. Fossil Fuel Resources, 2010. Web. 05 Nov. 2010. <http://fossil-fuel.co.uk/coal/the-disadvantages-of-coal>.

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 12px;">This article will help you to fully address the oppositions to your argument. I noticed the you had a source discussing the advantages of using wind power, but nothing on the disadvantages of using coal. Hopefully this article will increase your creditability and make your argument more complete.

Brandon, this definitely looks like an awesome research, and it obviously has a lot of potential. Good luck! Amy

Corn, Mike. "Study: Coal Plant Will Boost Economy." //The Hays Daily News//. 26 Oct. 2010. Web. 05 Nov. 2010. //This article is how a coal plant will boost a local economy. This would help to talk about the economic advantages of green v coal.// //-From Jonathon//