Thumbs up for Innovation, Thumbs Down Pollution

Thumbs Up for Innovation, Thumbs Down Pollution

When you look around, you can bet there is a house nearby. We all have one in one form or another. Contrary to popular belief, we all have a home as well- Earth. It is a vast mixture of land and water, and where we spend our whole lives. So far, in our short history on earth, we have done nothing but exploit and damage it. We use the land for agriculture and the buildings we create. Our factories and material industries pollute the air and our atmosphere with fossil fuels. We conduct ourselves on the Earth in a way that is convenient for us. We have conquered the land and the air and now it is time to take on our next victim, the water. The government is going to tear at our oceans in ways that while they seem helpful to us, they affect more than us. The windmill farms and sewage disposal in our oceans is wrong because of the damage it provides to sea life and their habitat, the extensive financial burden it paces upon customers, and the affect it well have on ocean water quality.

Fortunately, this generation has become all about "going green" and environmental awareness, but there are still things that could be greatly improved. Our current method of sewage disposal is pretty simple and it keeps us safe. Our sewage is drained into a septic tank and connected to land drains. The water is treated until it is safe enough for us to drink and all is reused again as it should be. This is recycling at its best. However, with the suffering economy, it is difficult for a lot of people to pay their energy bills. It is ridiculous to have to pay so much for something that does not physically benefit the world around you. You may be wondering how this directly affects you. The Delaware government is plotting to change the current method of waste disposal and completely change our energy source. They want to add windmills to our ocean and dump our sewage in there as well. The sewage will be heavily chemically treated and both plans will be set into motion in the next year. Twelve to fifteen windmills will be placed thirteen miles off the shore of Rehoboth Beach.

The windmills are obviously desired to provide a cleaner source of energy to Delaware homes, and would be enough to supply 25,000 homes in our state. The power of the windmill is infinite and renewable and would create jobs for people in and around Delaware. It is more inexpensive then our current method, and also lessens the dependence of the United States on foreign fossil fuels. It eliminates the output of pollution in the air that energy companies and other industries constantly secrete, just as the ocean sludge dumping would. Through time, degradation will occur and it would give us cleaner, clearer air. Oceanic sewage disposal provides less human health risks unlike landfills. The smell makes living conditions undesirable and people become unhappy. These would seem like valid reasons