...humphrey3@us.army.mil (334)425-0340 james.humphrey@fluor.com Skills and Abilities ● Maintained and operate petroleum equipment ● Performed fuel sample testing ● Received, stored, and ship petroleum fuel products ● Perform operator maintenance ● Ensured proper handling of fuel products ●Ensure proper segregation of product ● Performed technical fuel functions ●Takes appropriate action to correct problems Employment Fuel Distribution Foreman Fob Joyce, Afghanistan Fluor Intercontinental (contractor) Secret Security Clearance May/10- Present Perform fueling operations. and maintains fuel distribution systems and facilities as required. Visually inspects samples of fuel, and checks gravity and flashpoint. Gauges tanks for water, temperature, and fuel levels. Receives, stores, transfers, and issues fuel. Receives fuel by tanker. Perform daily PMCS on fuel Bags. United States Army Fort Benning, Georgia...
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...problems. The topic of biofuels is being more popular in the recent years because it has the most potential to be a significant source of energy. Biomass is providing a surprisingly large amount of the world’s energy – 10% of total global primary energy consumption (Energy Future Coalition, 2007). Advantages of biofuels Safety Biofuels are safe to handle and transport because they are biodegradable, much less toxic than even table salt (ten times), and have high flashpoints of about 300oF compared to gasoline and petroleum diesel fuel (diesel has a flash point of 125 F, for comparison) (Biodiesel Chemical Safety Data – Oxford University). Because of its safety, the number of incidence of severe vehicle fires can be reduced, and its safety making it to be one of the safest of all alternative fuels. Also, biofuels produce fewer by-products than conventional hydrocarbon based fuels after combustion or burning. The conventional hydrocarbon-based fuels will produced a greater output of some noxious by-product, for example, carbon monoxide. That means, biofuels could lead to less localized smog in urban centers (Charles et al). Energy security and saving money An opportunity of developing countries to enhance national energy security has been provided by biofuels, by reducing expenditures and dependence on fluctuated price of oil. For example, Brazil, she started the biofuels programme when the oil prices increase in 1970. The initial biofuels programme took about 4 billion US...
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...Fossil Fuel Dependency and Americans Deanna C. Rodeo SOC 120 September 30, 2012 Nada Feldman When the first Industrial Revolution came about in the late18th century, it started in the United Kingdom, and then spread through Europe, North America, and eventually everywhere. Nobody could have known the unseen consequences that the new found technology would use. The Industrial Revolution allowed us to change the way manufacturing, agriculture, mining, transportation and technology were all handled. When the replacement of organic fuels (that were based on wood), changed to the use of fossil fuels (based on coal) during the second Industrial Revolution, no one could have known the devastating effects it would have later. What they did not know was that with the continual use of fossil fuels we would endanger nature, the wildlife that lives in it, and our environment that we live in as well. They also failed to think that we would ever run out and now that our society is built around the use of fossil fuels, we need to come together to devise a plan that will keep our engines running, and the lights on for our children and our grandchildren. Fossil fuels are a non-renewable resource that can take millions of years to form, and the reserves are being used faster than new ones are having time to formulate. Fossil fuels that we mainly rely on would include; coal, natural gas, and most importantly, petroleum. With that said, this paper is going to talk about how our society...
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...Salako Tejumade Dr. Matthew Lerberg ENGL 1302-019 20 October 2014 Fossil fuel: Are they worth it? A very reasonable percentage of the UTA faction is definitely aware of the fast rising problems fossil fuels are costing our global environments and the controversy with intent of finding alternative energy sources. Nevertheless the public has appreciated most of this interference with no doubt but some others have resulted in some real dissension. One of the most common controversies that can be put before us is reason for the rise in sea level that deviates from anatomic evolution to the management of water resources to the highly debated issue of climate change. One can think that it is developing as a result of natural instability of the climate system or that it is human-induced, mainly from the burning of fossil fuels. Moreover, our global environment has many problems, If the extent of carbon radiation increment is one, low level of intellective involvement accompanying some of the extreme concurrent objections are definitely in addition. Furthermore, there is several captivating and scrutinized investigation on selective concurrent complications just as global warming, and yet some of the foundational issues have remained unresolved and unaddressed. In this paper I will review three main positions areas of neglected environmental analyses that demand immediate attention. First, is the widespread problem of not possessing anything like a general normative infrastructure...
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...Alternative Fuels There are numerous alternatives to unleaded fuel, but not all can be easily produced and not all are in high demand. With the continuous rise of unleaded gas prices and the ever growing concern of global warming here are a few alternatives that hopefully can one day supplement (if not already) or possibly replace the need for unleaded fuel. The first alternative is Ethanol. Ethanol is already being used today in over 6 million Flex Fuel Vehicles as an additive to unleaded fuel (Future Vision Energy, 2011). Both corn ethanol and cellulosic ethanol are a renewable fuel source that can be produced from both edible and non-edible plants and can greatly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions (Newman, 2008). Electricity is another form of alternative fuels. Electricity as an alternative is by far the easiest to access by simply just plugging in your vehicle to the nearest outlet. The downfall to an “all electric” car is that the battery required would be so large that the vehicles would need to be designed around the battery itself and the cost for now, would be too expensive (Newman, 2008). Hydrogen, vegetable oil, and even solar panels are alternatives that could someday be used as an alternative to unleaded fuel if the demand becomes great enough. References Future Vision Energy, LLC. (2011). Retrieved June 5, 2011, from http://www.futurevisionenergy.com/What_is_Ethanol.html Newman, R. (2008, January 11). The Pros and Cons of 8 Green Fuels. U.S. News &...
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...Alternative Fuels, Why bother? Over the years, fossil fuels have been the most popular form of fuel utilized in our every day transportation needs. Although fossil fuels are effective as our current energy source, the time is approaching where society will have to shift from fossil fuels towards utilizing alternative fuel sources. There are several factors contributing towards the shift from fossil fuels to using new alternative fuel sources. The primary reason for this shift is the rise in costs for harvesting, manufacturing and distributing the necessary basic components of gasoline. The increase in manufacturing costs has been passed on to the consumer in the form of increased gas prices. The average price paid per gallon in 2009 is $2.54, compared to $1.11 in 2001 (Energy Information Administration, 2009.) Additional factors contributing to the increase in gas production and distribution are due to the fact that fossil fuel reservoirs are not readily replenished and therefore, provided enough time has passed, our current stores will be depleted and society will be forced to rely on a new energy source. Additional factors contributing towards our need to switch to alternative fuels include the increase in foreign oil dependence to acquire fuel, the rise in air pollution, and the processing and distribution of these alternative fuels are more cost effective. Therefore, based on this and additional rationale, politicians and environmentalists should push for more funding...
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...Phoenix Material Fossil Fuels and Alternative Energy Resource Worksheet Using the textbooks, the University Library, or other resources, answer each of the following questions in 150 to 200 words. 1. Select a fossil fuel. How is this fossil fuel used? What are the adverse effects on the environment? The fossil fuel I am selecting is coal. Coal is very important and is very important worldwide for its many uses. There are many different types of coal that are used for many purposes. One of the most important usages of coal is in electricity generation, steel production, cement manufacturing and as a liquid fuel. About 6.6 billion tons of hard coal was used throughout the world last year, and 1 billion tons of brown coal. Coal making needs great amounts of water, which disturbs the environments of the marine and land-based wildlife as well as individuals who use the water. The methods of burning coal for energy gives off greenhouse gases with additional dangerous toxins which include carbon dioxide, mercury compounds and sulfur dioxide. Toxins made from coal mining can also add to acid rain, mainly in the Appalachian area. Also, burning coal creates ash, a solid waste that has alkali and metal oxides. 2. Select a local or regional alternative energy resource. How might this resource be used to supplement or replace fossil fuels? Alternative energy is the term that is used for an energy source that is an alternative for the use of fossil fuels. An alternative energy...
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...Fossil fuels Advantages * Depending on fuel, good availability * Simple combustion process can directly heat or generate electricity * Inexpensive * Easily distributed Nuclear fuels Advantages * Nuclear power costs about the same as coal, so it's not expensive to make. * Does not produce smoke or carbon dioxide, so it does not contribute to the greenhouse effect. * Produces huge amounts of energy from small amounts of fuel. * Produces small amounts of waste. * Nuclear power is reliable. | Hydroelectricity 1. Using this type of energy to generate electricity is not dependent upon the price of uranium, oil, or other types of fuel. This makes electricity costs lower and more stable, one of its most significant advantages. 2. The pollution created by hydroelectric energy generation is quite minimal. There is some pollution involved in initially constructing the power stations, but this is true of all power plants. It also does not produce radioactive waste or involve the environmental impact of fuel being transported to it. 3. It doesn't require many employees to run a hydroelectric station. According to wikipedia.org, most plants of this type are largely automated. This is another one of the advantages which help keep the cost of hydroelectricity low. 4. Hydroelectric power stations can be set up in almost any size, depending upon the river or stream used to operate them; big enough to power a single home, factory, small town, or large city. ...
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...the importance of the different type of fuel cells, the advantages and disadvantages of consuming fuel cells and appropriate applications to each type of the fuel cells. Statement of the problem: Billions of people in advance, developing and poor countries are dependent in fuels for their living. Millions of people or even billions are travelling each day by boarding a bus, car, ship, rail transport, airplane or riding on a motorcycle powered by internal combustion engines. Millions of people every day are depending on LPG or CNG in preparing their food. Still many of the power plants are using internal combustion engines as prime movers to their electric generation for the consuming public. And there are other few facilities that makes used of liquid fuels as their source of energy. The fuel consumption every passage of time increases and thereby price of fuel increases too as a result of these increasing demands to fuel around the globe. Businessmen, scientists, researchers, and engineers are exerting bountiful knowledge, physical efforts and million dollars in searching for other possible sources of fuel which may bring broader or wider solution to the global need of lesser amount of fuel and have a pollution-free effect to environment. The engineers who worked on these projects discovered recently the new breed of fuel cells as a source of energy to power automobiles. Toyota Car Industry is one of the users of this fuel cell by taking the reverse hydrolysis...
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...The Burning of Fossil Fuels GS104-Intro to Environmental Science Steven Wimberly February 05, 2013 Fossil fuels are a very important part of our society today. Natural gas, Coal, and oil are the world’s primary and most important source of energy. “90% of the energy we use in this country [USA] comes from fossil fuels.” (http://www.ucsusa.org) Unfortunately, there are costs of using these fossil fuels to run our society. Some costs are obvious such as the cost of labor, equipment and supplies needed to extract, refine and transport the fossil fuels. These costs are taken care of in electricity bills, in the price of gasoline for automobiles and other governmental and company funding. There are many other costs that are less obvious. These costs are the effects fossil fuels have on our environment and on human health. Air pollution caused by the burning of coal and oil as well as dust in mines is causing problems for human health. The environment is suffering from acid rain, global warming and water and air pollution. Many times, the costs go unpaid for and unnoticed. It is imperative that we as a society take responsibility and strive to reduce the negative effects of fossil fuels on our environment. The global warming is a major environmental issue that is caused by the use of fossil fuels. When fossil fuels are burned, carbon dioxide is emitted. It captures heat in the earth’s atmosphere. What is happening is that the more carbon dioxide emitted the warmer the...
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...Nicholas Wiltzius American Intercontinental University SCIE210-1301A-05 Environmental Science Unit 3 Individual Project Instructor Beverly Hamilton Abstract There have been laws passed about the use of different energy which include fossil fuel: oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear energy, solar energy, wind power, water (hydro) power, and bioconversion (biofuel) these laws could allow the possibility of tax incentives. The use of different types of natural energy can pave the way for a greener earth. Although, some may argue that there are pros and cons of such energy. In this paper we will be discussing these pros and cons as well as two provisions of the Energy Policy Act, 2005, including its tax incentives. 1.) The law of conservation of energy states that energy may neither be created nor destroyed (The law of conservation of energy, n.d). 2.) The pros and cons of fossil fuel: oil, natural gas, and coal. The pros are its high efficient, cheaper than non-conventional forms of energy because it is easy to extract and process them and it the potential to power the entire globe. The cons are Fossil fuels are believed to be the largest emitters of greenhouse gases, responsible for global warming and climate change. It is also believed that coal mining creates earthquakes. The biggest con of all is that they are non-renewable. Nuclear Energy creates little amount of CO2 and it can generate a great amount of electrical energy in one single plant. But these plants...
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...supply & distribution to application. In India, a road map has been developed and research efforts are continuing for the development of this sector. Canada In-line with the US initiatives, the Canadian Government has launched a series of projects to demonstrate hydrogen as a fuel for both stationary and mobile applications. l Hydrogen Highway Targeted for full implementation by the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Vancouver/ Whistler. A wide variety of transportation, stationary, portable and micropower applications will utilize bus routes in Stuttgart The steam reformer is designed for small production quantities and can be operated flexibly from 40 to 100% of its nominal load. This technology and design of a compact steam reformer built on skids paves the way for a decentralized hydrogen supply concept in the future. l Clean Energy Partnership Programme (CEPP) The Clean Energy Partnership Programme, a consortium comprising nine corporate partners and the Federal Government, is securing Germany's INTRODUCTION It has been demonstrated for over a century now that hydrogen is going to be the ultimate fuel of the future, especially when it is produced from the abundantly available renewable sources of energy like solar, wind, geothermal, hydro etc. In the context of energy systems, hydrogen is an energy carrier (a means of storing and transporting energy), similar to electricity rather...
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...“Fuel For Thought: All Biofuels Are Not Created Equal” Rhetorical Analysis With fuel and food prices rising and the effects of climate change being more evident, authors David Tilman and Jason Hill present their research in the article “Fuel For Thought: All Biofuels Are Not Created Equal.” David Tilman, a Professor of Ecology at the University of Minnesota and Jason Hill, an Assistant Professor of Bio products and Bio Engineering, give insight to the dangers that biofuel production can create for our most fundamental needs. Tilman and Hill make a subtle call to slow biofuel production in order to develop alternate means of production. Unfortunately, they’re lack of appeals to pathos and an understated call to arms weaken the argument and make this article feel informative instead of actionable. Writing for the Seattle Times, Tilman and Hill are interacting with the general public. By speaking casually Tilman and Hill effectively show the conflict between biofuel production, our food resources and the ability to maintain a sustainable environment. With logic and reasoning the authors easily persuade their audience to consider the repercussions of biofuel production and view alternate methods than what are currently being campaigned. Although the target audience is general, there is an underlying motive to decelerate political proponents and wake them from their “ethanol induced euphoria.”(571,par.2) The authors avoid the scientific community and the overuse of statistics to...
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...I. Problem with Fuel Emissions Diesel fuel emissions have become an increasingly detrimental hazard to the environment throughout the past decade. The effects of this product are causing health deterioration at an expeditious rate. Bulkmatic trucks are massive transporters that require a vast quantity of fuel to run, and because there are an abundance of these trucks, they are a major producer of this toxic emission. Diesel exhaust is created by the combustion of diesel fuel. It is a mixture of nitrous oxides and at least 40 additional toxins that merge together to contaminate the universe. These substances are known to be cancer-causing and extremely dangerous to humanity. Each breath poses a greater risk to the consequences of inhaling toxins, and truck workers are unquestionably in danger each day. While all venues are susceptible to these perils, industrial areas have a higher exposure to the pollutants, thus risking the lives of all innocent civilians around the globe. The health problems can be mild initially, resulting in irritation, nausea, headaches, and visibility reduction; however, the symptoms exacerbate into a plethora of undesired outcomes. According to the air resources board, California, alone, had 250 lung cancer victims and over 3,500 premature deaths on account of diesel exhaust exposure. In addition, many are plagued by chronic bronchitis, aggravated asthma, and increased respiratory and cardiovascular problems. All...
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...TIPS TO COPE WITH RISING FUEL PRICES 1. USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTS There are lot of public transports services such as trains, taxis, buses and all. To save a lot wherever you want to go, it is best to use one of the public transport as a platform to save money, you only pay for the service rather than you use your own private car which costs you higher. 2. GAS INSTEAD OF PETROL Have you ever though that there are another solution for not using petrol for our cars? There is one solution which we called this as a NGV GAS. It looks like a tank and put it in our car boot. It is much cheaper than petrol. But the only main problem is, there are certain places that could afford this NGV gas and could supply whenever you need it. Example, Petronas Sungai Besi and Petronas Cheras 3. WALK DON’T USE CAR / MOTORCYCLE Teach yourself to walk if you want to buy some groceries, little items by the shop which is near you. It is not necessary to use your car as the shop is not too far away and it is near you. You could save your petrol a lot and you could burn your calories which help you become much healthier. 4. SPEND WISELY Avoid being such a big spender. Learn to spend on useful things which meet your needs not what you desire. Make a list of things to buy. Less spending, less money. So you could save your money and spend on your petrol...
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