An Analysis of the Advantages and Disadvantages of Carbon Fuels and Alternative Energy Sources
I. Introduction A. Topic Overview Carbon-intensive sources of energy (i.e. fossil fuels) are among the most used sources of energy to date. In fact, “more than 85% of all primary energy on earth comes from fossil fuels” (McGuigan, 2003). The rest are initiatives to use alternative energy sources. It is an alarming rate since fossil fuels are non-renewable and that using fossil fuels increases the […]