What Does the Future Hold for Our Resources? 8 Manor 2018/19 This Is the Image of ‘Earthrise’ Taken by the NASA Apollo 8 Contents Mission to the Moon in December 1968
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What does the future hold for our resources? 8 Manor 2018/19 This is the image of ‘Earthrise’ taken by the NASA Apollo 8 Contents mission to the Moon in December 1968. It was the first colour image of our planet and, along with the ‘Blue Marble’ on the back cover, paved the way for the Environmental movement Page 3 The supply and demand of water in the near future of the UK Aryaman Ghosh by showing the Earth as an apparently small and finite object. Page 5 Wind power- will we be swept away or can we control it? Caleb Hartley Image Source: NASA / Wikipedia.com Page 7 Plas$c Pollu$on Khooshal Awatar Front Cover Image Source: arquiplay77 / Fotolia.com Page 9 The Energy Crossroads Jac( Hu)on Page 11 Paper crisis: Will we run out Joshua ,amilusi Page 13 Plas$c: The UK-s newest foe Parin .hu(la Page 15 Hin(ley Point/ E0cient power or e0cient destruc$on 12an Kale Page 17 The Eye of 1il .artha( .hah Page 19 The 3ast .traw ,or Nuclear Power In the U.K Callum Howson Page 21 The future of wind power in 8ritain 1scar .ymes Page 23 Plas$cs: The material that we all underes$mate Jaimin Jethwa Page 25 Honey- a ma9or resource in the UK which is dying out Jonny .pencer Page 39 Paper Planet Daakir Said Page 27 Provoca$ve Plas$c Aaron Pirabaharan Page 41 Wind energy– The key to slow down climate change in Britain Nashawn Myles Page 29 Crude oil: Is it really worth it Gerald Clement Page 43 The Great Gyres of Plastic Joshua Kim Page 31 Problema$c Plas$c Juan Gome2 Page 45 A Dark Side To Artificial Light Sean Devarajan Page 33 What will Humanity do with 1il Jawin .utharsan Page 47 The Great British Wind Adwaith Menon Page 35 ,atal ,ossils ,uels Rohit 3all Page 49 UK Plastics: Dangerous or Not? Eddric Ofori-Asare Page 37 Wahid Riyas Page 51 A Refreshing Truth Sohil Dangol Page 53 Is this the End of the Road for Diesel Cars in London? Oscar Axten Page 55 Tides of Change Jacob Bickerstaffe Editorial This publica$on is the result of lots of hard wor( by Year 8 on the topic of re- sources and whether they can be sustainable. ,or their Key Assessment, the stu- dents were required to choose a resource and, using the available evidence about current use and future trends, they were as(ed to inves$gate its poten$al for use in 8ritain over the coming years. The contents above show the range of The process of desalination (fig.2) 3 The Supply and Demand of Water in the near future of the UK Aryaman Ghosh 8 Manor How we use water in the home Timeframe=10yrs About ⅓ of England and Wales water comes from aquifers (huge areas of underground water). The rest comes from Toilet flushing-30% Have you ever wondered where your water comes from? reservoirs, lakes, and rivers. Tap water is the freshest drink you can quench your thirst with. It takes anywhere from a Personal washing (bath and taps)-21% Have you thought about how much water the world has? few hours to a few days to get it from the treatment plant to Personal washing and showers-12% your home. Water is currently used for everything, showers, cleaning up, Clothes washing-13% drinking, gardening and most things nowadays. This water is supplied by companies such as Sutton and east surrey water (SES). Washing up-8% Water is a vital resource for not only for the world but hu- manity itself. However due to pollution and global warming Surprisingly the Thames river is the cleanest river flowing Outdoor-7% the water is getting dirtier and less trustworthy. Contaminat- through a major city ed water can transmit diseases such diarrhoea, cholera, dys- Drinking-8% entery, typhoid, and polio. Contaminated drinking water is In most economically developed countries there are almost other-5% estimated to cause 502 000 diarrhoeal deaths each year. endless supplies of water and most people in the UK take for This fact ,by world health organization on the,7th Feb. granted the clean water they get. 2018, proves that we have to get our water from a trust- Desalination Overall I feel that all these processes are viable and espe- worthy source.it is impossible for the earth to run out of wa- As well as this, in further developed countries the water Desalination is a way of removing the salt from saltwater to ter but it is possible for some places in the country to get wasted from factories, homes and more are cleaned before make it suitable for humans to consume. However there is a water shortages. it goes back into rivers or goes underground. downside to this... Due to its energy consumption, desalinating sea water is generally more costly than fresh water from rivers Also one of the problems is that most people in the UK live in or groundwater, water recycling and water conservation and it the south east and not many water supplies are located can affect agriculture. Despite this this is definitely a possible there 70% of the world is water and yet only 2.5% is freshwater (fact by national geographic). Agriculture alone can con- method of obtaining water in the future. But currently obtaining Fig.1: statistics that show the average water consumption in sume 75 to 90% of a region's available freshwater (fact by rain water from the ground and filtering it is the most common UK per family. the world counts). So theoretically 1.875% of freshwater is method. used as agriculture in the world and 0.625% is yet to be But also it could take up lots of land to set up desalination Fig.1 proves that millions of gallons of water is used every- used. That does not sound like a large number but remember day and we still keep using it. However facts have shown how big the world is and how much water is there in the plants into the countryside. that it is not possible for the world to run out of water. world. Also in the future the population of the UK is to have been However if and when the world or maybe some cities do increased to 70.4 million by 2050 which will increase the become short of water there are methods to gain water like water supply by about 35%.This means that all ideas to sup- turning saltwater into freshwater (desalination). Install more pipelines ply more water to the country must be considered. Installing more pipelines can increase the supply of water to a Where does our water come from? specific place that does have shortages. However this is costly and does take a lot of effort to dig up roads and land and put the pipes in and put the road back Fig.1 The amount of water each family uses Map of Aquifers (fig.3) cially installing more pipelines and recycling waste water as it is eco friendly if we use renewable energy. Desalination can also work if we use the renewable energy the country has. But Currently one of the possible options to use in the future is de- salination but people have problems with this as it will use up energy an add to the pollution crisis that already increases. Also there is chance that might be an increase in rainfall which will help supply more water but similarly there could also be less rainfall and then the other options must be put into action. “Remember we are all responsible for the Another strategy is to recycle waste water but some countries around the world aren’t accepting this as an option even future of UK’S water” though it is a cheap option. The is possible by treating the waste waters from our baths, sinks and toilets. However the process can get expensive with the energy costs rising. Also we could use less water and be more water efficient as the environment agency says that managing water efficiency in houses can reduce the demand by up to ⅓ 5 Wind Power: Will we be swept away or can we control it? Caleb Hartley 8 Manor Most people nowadays tell you that fossil fuels How are we using wind? are bad and we should switch to renewables. One of these sources of renewable energy is Already, we have many wind turbines across the wind. The idea of using wind for daily life was country. In December 2018, there were, in the first, technically, used in 5000 BC. By 200 BC, UK, 9391 turbines, with a total onshore capacity wind was used to power water pumps in China of 12,628 megawatts. By 2030, the UK wind and windmills were grinding grain in Persia industry is set to almost double. Meaning, that and the Middle East. New ideas of ways to about ¼ of the UK’s power will come from wind. use wind power soon spread around the world. At the moment, the largest wind farm is just off the North-West coast of England. However, we Wind turbines– how can we use them? are still not using the most wind power in our capital. (shown on left) In fact, Denmark is lead- Conclusion The first fully operational wind turbine was in- ing in the top wind power use per capita. This is, The facts, theories and common sense all point vented in 1888 by Charles F.