The government

The author explains how the government is working on figuring out different renewable resources to replace the fossil fuels we are using up and that cannot be replaced. The author goes into details about how they want to use wind turbines and other methods to save energy. The overall goal is to find a way to reduce green house gases, but also find an inexpensive way to change over from fossil fuels to renewable energy by using wind turbines.

Casten, T.R., Smith, J.A.(2009)Finding the cheapest clean power options.The electricity journal,22, 69-76.doi:10.1016/j.tej.2009.10.014

Life cycle assessment's plan about garbage

The author discusses how the Life Cycle Assessment is planning different ways to save the earth’s nonrenewable resources. The Life Cycle Assessment committee is concerned about landfills and is interested in how they can use the gas that is created in them to make energy that is renewable. Overall this plan talks about how to deal with landfills, but also how to use the garbage for energy so that they are not using up fossil fuels.

Cherubinia, F., Bargiglib, S., Ulgiatic,S.(2009).Life cycle assessment (LCA) of waste management strategies: Landfilling, sorting plant and incineration,34,2116-2123.doi:10.1016/j.energy.2008.08.023

Desiccant Air Conditioners

The author explains how desiccant air conditioning systems work because they do not use up fossil fuels, while cooling down the air. The author also talks about how this air condition system can only work effectively in warm areas that have a lot of moisture in the air. The systems use desiccant materials so that it will lower the humidity in the room instead of, like other conditioning systems,just cooling the air that moves through the machine. The other air conditioning machines just cool the air; they ultimately use up more energy because the other system reduces the humidity.In all the desiccant air conditioning system is greener and does not use up energy like the regular air conditioning systems.

Desiccants: Because it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.(1999).Retrieved April 4,2010, fromhttp://www.ornl.gov/info/reporter/no2/humidity.htm