Coal and Electricity

Electricity is one of the most important energies in people’s daily life. Without electricity, life will be tough and boring. We could only use candles for illumination and firewood for cooking. There would be not PCs, no TVs, and even no radios. Electricity brings us a great life and it is an affordable energy. The local electricity price in Fairbanks is about 16 cent per Kilowatt-hour. However, the waste of electricity is a serious problem in Wickersham hall. When you walking outside the Wickersham hall at midnight, you still could see many lights are still remaining on even nobody is in the room and many computers are remaining on when on one is using them. These waste actions might seem small, but they will affect the local and global environment. Although the electricity is not very expensive, residents in Wickersham Hall should save the electricity because it can make the planet more sustainable, it can help reduce pollution, and it can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

There are many reasons for saving electricity in Wickersham Hall. Now it is the time for our residents in Wickersham Hall to do something in saving our own planet. We could stick electricity saving slogan above all the light switch in Wickersham Hall and post electricity saving advice on the announcement boards on every floor. Saving electricity is very important and will have great effort in making our planet more beautiful.

The electricity we are using is mainly converted by other kinds of energies, especially fossil fuels. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the most of the common fuel that used for electricity generation is coal sharing 45% of the U.S electricity energy, which is about 4 trillion Kilowatt-hours. Fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum are not renewable. Once they are used, the total resources of them are reduced. There will be one day that the earth is running out of fossil fuel. As the relationship between coal and electricity is