Please click on the name to find out what the pupil has to say. [Mrs Wilson's Y9 Class/February 2000.]
| Onnagh Mc Ferran | Nial Dowds. |
Mary McKeague |
Louise Corrigan |
| Maria Carlin | |
Ciaran Bodenham | Krista Hughes |
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Donna Farren | Rory Mullan |
| Ciaran McShane |
When oil
runs out in approximately forty years time, I think there will be wars as people
fight for the oil that is left. The price of oil, even in twenty years, may be
so expensive that people will be forced to use other energy resources, such as
coal, nuclear energy, wind and solar power.
If we are forced to do this
our coal supplies will run out faster, and radioactive pollution will be given
off from nuclear power stations. The countryside will be an eyesore with
windmills and other ways of producing renewable energy resources.
I think the only reasonable
solution is to make fuels and chemicals from coal, we used to before we found
oil, and to build wind-mills in designated areas, with only so many in each
area, so that we will still have some areas of natural beauty.
When oil runs
out, materials that are made from oil will be very expensive. Materials, such as
glass, will be recycled on a large scale. Only the extremely rich will be able
to afford materials made out of oil. Alternative fuels will have to be found to
use for central heating instead of oil.
Before
the oil runs out, and when there is very little left, the large rich countries
will have all the oil. There will be fighting over oil if it becomes very scarce
and precious, but most importantly expensive.
Oil
wells will be shut down all across the world, and hundreds and thousands will
lose their jobs. Governments will be sending expeditions to find new oil
supplies.
It’s quite
good running out of oil as it will keep our world in a better state for future
generations. It will force us to use alternative sources of energy, which we
should have been using all along.
I
think that coal will become very precious to us as well as oil. Oil is useful in
so many ways that we take for granted. In the last few years of oil, prices will
soar through the roof, so people will use other sources of energy if they can't
afford it.
Other energy sources we will use will be wind, solar and nuclear power.
The more nuclear stations we use the more radioactive pollution will get out
unless our technology can then stop it. Wind and solar power will become part of
our everyday lives. Now only advanced houses and cars use them.
Recycling will be a necessity and people won’t waste anything. Don’t
look on it as a daunting thing because, eventually, it really is going to
happen, but by then we will have other means of energy. -
Recycle, yes, but don’t worry about it!
Maria Carlin
Obviously, if we keep wasting
oil it will run out. As the oil supply gradually decreases, I think prices will
go up steeply as the oil will be in demand. We will have to use alternative
sources of energy, or else the other fuels may also run out.
If oil runs out there will be a shortage of fuel and people may fear that
the other fuels will run out. This may mean that people will fight over or hoard
the fuels.
If we use nuclear energy people might be worried about radioactive
pollution from nuclear power stations.
Geologists
say we’ve only got about 40 years of our oil supply left, so I think now is
the time to start being more careful with our resources.
As the supplies of oil run out
it will become more expensive. Therefore, deposits of coal and gas that were
previously not worth mining will become more competitive. The coal and gas will
be cheaper than oil but dearer than it had been before. All fuels will be more
expensive.
As fuel sources get expensive we will look to alternative energy sources,
such as wind and solar power. We already use these sources but I think we will
use them more efficiently. We will get better at converting and storing this
energy.
We have got nuclear power and it is fine when it goes according to plan,
but when it doesn’t, the results can be disastrous for hundreds of years.
Nuclear fallout is radioactive and it affects the land, our health and future
generations.
Lastly,
something we can all do now is conserve energy.
Crude
oil is going to run out one day. In preparation for that day I think people
should try to use renewable resources to power our cars and heat our homes. The
sun provides a perfect opportunity for snatching up a resource that won’t run
out for quite a few million years. Wind and water are also good and, hopefully,
should not run out either.
Nuclear power is a bad source of power because it produces a very harmful
waste that can kill if you are exposed to it.
We have about forty years of crude oil left, after that we will have to
depend on other resources. Hopefully future generations will learn from our
foolish and greedy exploitation of crude oil.
There will probably be a war over the last remnants of the oil and cause
poverty in many countries around the world.
When the oil runs out there will be no plastic because we use oil to make it. Some people don’t realise that we should save energy and oil so it could last even longer.
We’ll use alternative energy sources, like wind power, solar power and
tidal power. I also think we will turn to nuclear energy, but I am worried about
radioactive pollution from the nuclear power stations.
When there is less oil it will be very expensive. I also think that if
alternative energies are so good, why don’t we use them now instead of wasting
the other energy sources.
As oil begins to run out we should to use alternative forms of energy. This will prepare us well and help oil to last longer.
Alternative energy forms could be wind and solar power. These are
renewable sources that never run out.
However
as oil runs out, other fuels and it will become a lot more expensive, increasing
competition between companies. People will fight and argue over the fuel that is
left. People will be continuously seeking for new ways and means of finding
supplies of oil.
Some say nuclear energy should be used, but others are worried about
radioactive pollution from nuclear power stations.
Geologists have even pointed out that we may only have about forty years
oil supply left.
Here are my views on what will happen when the supply of
oil runs out.
It is being said that oil may have run out in forty years. We should use
this information to find out what to do.
People are saying what alternative energy sources we will use when the
oil has run out, but what is stopping us using these alternative energy sources
now when there is still some oil left. This would then help to preserve the oil
that is left at the minute so that it can be used to make other materials, such
as plastic.
If we are to use alternative energy sources they should be renewable,
such as wind power or solar power, because if we use other fossil fuels, such as
gas or coal. They will soon run out as the oil is, and then we will have the
same problem as we have now.
I do not think that nuclear power should be one of the alternative
sources as it is very dangerous and people do not want it to be used in case of
a nuclear disaster.
Some geologists say that we have only got about forty years supply of oil
left, while other people say that we are already running out of oil in the North
Sea.
As the oil runs out it may become more expensive because of the
scarceness of it. So some people will start to buy coal instead, but then, due
to the great demand and dependence on coal, as oil runs out, the prices will
rise, and coal will also soon run out.
Alternative, renewable energy sources, like solar power and tidal power,
will be gently introduced. I don’t think that nuclear power will be hugely
popular, mainly because many people will be concerned about the dangerous health
hazards that will be involved.
I think that more people will become aware, when oil runs out, that it
makes sense to recycle as much as possible.
When oil runs out we will be forced to use alternative sources of energy, such as wind power. Many nuclear factories will be built and nuclear power will be extremely important. Nuclear energy is extremely dangerous and so we will probably have to take many precautions when using it.
The price of oil will rise substantially as it will be extremely rare,
and because of this we have to try and find other sources of energy. Wars will
break out all over as countries will be fighting for the last remaining oil.
These wars will be very short as people will use nuclear weaponry.
Coal will run out extremely quickly, because it would be the best source
of energy we have.
I think that when oil runs out the human race will look for alternative
sources of energy. They will look for either non-renewable sources, such as
coal, or they could look for renewable sources, such as wind power, water power,
solar power, biomass power or geothermal power.
As oil is the starting material of many man made fibres and also many
types of plastic, other alternative fibres will have to be produced and more and
more plastics recycled.
Before crude oil runs out, (there are about forty years of oil still
left) other alternative renewable sources of energy will have to be utilised. As
Ireland has a wet climate, there is a plentiful supply of water. Large rivers
could easily be dammed and hydroelectric power stations could be built. This is
already happening on the River Liffey in Wicklow, and on the River Shannon.
Ireland also has some very windy sites and many more wind farms could be
constructed to produce electricity. Some small wind farms already exist near
Corky and Limavady. Other alternative renewable energy sources that could be
used are biomass and the planting of fast growing willow trees.
Plastic materials already in existence could be recycled, and people
using more public transport, (trains/busses), and stopping using so many cars
could conserve the remaining oil reserves.
Coal is still fairly plentiful and will become a more used fuel, and from
coal, many useful products can be made.
