Energy Conservation

         Ryan Miller

Engl 336

Mr Duncan

Energy Conservation

Energy Conservation is a unique method made to help our planet. It is the practice of finding alternative fuels in order to conserve energy. Today I attended a presentation that detailed energy conservation, the history, the effects of not conserving energy and the benefits. It has principles that help define the very meaning to give a more clear understanding. The most important that I learned about was the prevention of waste which is critically important to the development of our planet. Scientific planning is also a factor within conserving energy because we entrust the scientist in this country to help us carefully plan out how to conserve energy so that we will not do anything detrimental to our society. It is also said to be "the greatest good for the greatest number for the longest time" said by the presenter. This means that it will benefit our planet the most for a long period of time. We also learned that there were no federal agencies at the end of the 19th century for soil, wildlife, or air pollution. This ultimately took a big toll on our planet because we were not paying enough attention to these issues. In the 1950s-1960s air pollution apparently killed 200+ people which is horrifying. Teddy Roosevelt was one who took notice of these issues and had a prominent stance. He believed that the government should be more active and producers should support conservation. Later on in the 1970s consumers challenged producers which made environmentalism simply change. Today we have made several advances, most importantly creating the department of wildlife, the united states park police, and scientist all across the world working to conserve energy through different ways like hybrid cars.