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Jason Farrand Malcolm Campbell English 1102 1/23/14 Topic Proposal: Negative Effects of Renewable Energy Introduction For my topic I chose to discuss the aspects o rene!able energy that are not openly discussed" I !ant to tal# about negati$e conse%uences that come !ith using rene!able energy sources such as !ind energy or hydroelectric energy" &ot many people #no! about ho! !ind energy disrupts migration patterns o birds' or that an entire ecosystem can be changed by a single dam that is meant to create electricity that !ill not release dangerous gases into the atmosphere" I thin# that many people !ould say that the bene its out!eigh the damages that it causes' but !ould it be air i giant blades suddenly started s!ing across the roads (ust because a huge race o people needed po!er) Just because !e are sel a!are does not (usti y #illing other creatures"

Initial Inquiry Questions

*o! do $arious sources o rene!able energy a ect speci ic ecosystems and animals) +hat are some !ays to reduce the negati$e e ects o rene!able energy sources) Can !e i, these problems immediately) -re there other sources o energy that could be used that do not damage the en$ironment)

My Interest in this Topic

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I became interested in researching this a ter a discussion in my en$ironmental ethics class" .he teacher sho!ed a $ideo discussing ho! rene!able sources o energy are the !ay to progress and mo$e to!ard the uture" - ter the $ideo ended' I belie$ed that e$eryone including mysel had the same clich/ sense that !e needed to immediately change our sources o energy to sa$e the planet' but !hen the pro essor as#ed or general thoughts and comments' I !as shoc#ed !hen all I heard !ere criticisms o the $arious sources o energy that !ere sho!n" It had ne$er really occurred to me that by using these supposedly bene icial energy sources that humans !ere still destroying the en$ironment" I I did not #no! that these 0path!ays to a better uture0 !ere anything but' then ho! many others had no idea about these shoc#ing details that !ere ne$er brought up in our high school science classes)

Ne t !teps

I hope to utili1e -t#ins 2ibrary as !ell as gathering in ormation at the library at 3torrs' the architecture building" -t the architecture library' I belie$e that the library at 3torrs4 narro!er sub(ect matter !ill ha$e !hat I need' but i I cannot ind it there' -t#ins !ill most de initely ha$e something that !ill help" I also thin# that my en$ironmental ethics class !ill pro$ide $aluable in ormation as !ell" Finally' I plan utili1ing the internet to ind speci ic in ormation about my topic and broaden my sources"