Engineers of the future
Over hundreds of years, human civilization had been dependent on the development of engineering and industries. As we stepped into the 21st century, one can be absolutely certain that human society was built on the foundation of science and technology. On every face of the earth, technology is contributing to the society, in transportation, accommodation, health care, education and entertainment. Every element of modern life relies on technologies, and can easily fall apart upon failure of these technologies. In such high-tech era, there can be little doubt that engineering still is, and will continue to be one of the most important pillars of the architecture of civilization.
As our technological advancement progresses, however, engineers of the new age now face challenges which are unlike the ones in the past. Researchers nowadays have been raising critical issues of developmental sustainability of earth. Reports are saying that our development has been progressing as too fast a pace that our planet can hardly withstand. Energy consumption rises to new level every day, trying to making our life better every day. Fossil fuel, known to be the blood of industry, has always been the major power that drives our industrial advancement. However, recent years, studies had shown that our fossil fuel reserve is being consumed at a rate such faster than its replenishing rate. This pose a threat we can never underestimate. At the same time, while we burn fossil fuel for energy, we are also generating waste gas which encourages development of global warming. Carbon released into our atmosphere prevents excess heat from leaving the earth. As a result, arctic ice starts to melt and sea level raises.
Research projects have been carried out in hope to find cleaner and more sustainable energy sources. Solar power being one of the most promising choices is being developed by many countries around the world. One attractive feature about solar power is its environmental friendliness. However there are still drawbacks in solar power which need to be resolved.
Therefore, engineering in the 21st century definitely face tough challenges and difficulties, but its importance shall be recognised even more than the past.
posted by Windsor at
8:57 PM
4 Comments:
I do believe that the world has great dependence on the fossil fuel. The engineers have to be able to release the dependence. To overcome this,they invent alternative energy such as solar energy,wind energy,hydro energy and many more.I think that hydro energy is the most suitable to be alternative energy. It is because two third of our world contains water.
I think in "Researchers nowadays have been raising critical issues....",it is better to use 'is' instead of 'have been'. Anyway, you have developed a good article!:)
Well done! I totally agree that sustaining the earth resources is very important! As a reader, what i think you might need to improve, is your method of paragraphing. Because when you put all the points together in a paragraph, it will tends to confuse the reader that what you want to tell. But in overall, it is still a good one! Cheers~
Yeah!
You are another supporter for sustainability.
All of the development needs energy,so it is very important to discover new sources of energy.I can't imagine the world without any energy support,it is very horrible.
Hi Windsor,
I agree that human reliance on fossil fuel is a major hindrance in our efforts to enhance sustainability. It would help to get to this point faster, especially since the question specifically asked for the most important issue; there was no need to write about the importance of engineering overall. Nonetheless, this is a good first Portfolio piece. Keep it up! ~ Ms Khoo :)
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