HOW BAD IS POWER PLANT!
The topic is of immense importance in present day world. The pollution caused by power plants is not a new phenomenon. Nor it is a localised issue. We all aim for quality life. However, we forget that all activities that we carry out do leave us with a mixed bag of benefits and problems. While power generation has revolutionised our standard of living, it has also posed pollution related issues which over a period of time causes health concerns. The journalist seems to be very concerned about the ill effects of power generation through coal and has opened a debate on better regulation of generation of power. He has cited the results which appeared in a paper in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences". According to the paper, the ill effects of pollution caused by power generation plants, particularly due to sulphur dioxide, could be taken care of by substituting natural gas and other cleaner sources in place of coal when the movement of air is not favourable ( meaning thereby that when the flow of air is likely to carry toxic particles towards the residential areas ). The journalist has further explained that the cost of ramping down power plants when the movement of air is not favourable is far less than the health costs as a result of intake of harmful gases produced during power generation and which gets carried away by air.
The tone of the article alerts us about the ill-effects of coal based power generation. At the same time, however, it comes up with a way-out to contain the ill-effects.
The article has largely used present and present perfect tenses.
The headline is eye-catching prompting the reader to go through the article because it concerns all of us.
MLA Citation -
Nunez, Christina. "How Bad Is Power Plant." National Geographic. N.p.,
n.d. Web.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/energy/2015/08/150817-power-plant-pollution-depends-on-the-weather/
Why is it 'highlighted' in black?
ReplyDeleteThis is a great summary. I think that you need to work on your attributions on the blog though.