fossil fuels. Smog is also tropospheric ozone‚ which affects lungs‚ and crop yields. In addition‚ fossil fuels produce small particles that irritate the lungs. Pollution also impacts water and land. Oil spills leave shorelines uninhabitable for animals. Coal mining adds water pollutants by adding sulfur
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Our only home is the earth. “And that’s what is at stake‚ our ability to live on planet earth‚ to have a future as a civilization. I believe this is a moral issue‚ it is your time to cease this issue‚ and it is our time to rise again to secure our future‚” said former Vice-President Al Gore. Al Gore made a speech about global warming and said how to keep it healthy. The earth can be kept healthy and exist longer without global warming. Global warming is becoming a popular topic around the world
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Pollution comes in many shapes and sizes. Burning fossil fuels is one thing that causes pollution. Fossil fuels are fuels made of organic matter such as coal‚ or oil. When fossil fuels are burned they give off a green house gas called CO2. Also mining coal and oil allows methane to escape. How does it escape? Methane is naturally in the ground. When coal or oil is mined you have to dig up the earth a little. When you dig up the fossil fuels you dig up the methane as well. Another major man-made cause
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ENGLISH WORK ( BLOG) Subject: English Teacher: Raúl Vega Objective: To realize how important is to take care of our planet. Task: Read and write your own comment about these important topics. (No more than five lines) Web site: http://www.climatehotmap.org/global-warming-solutions/ Dead line: From October 6th to October 8th. Until 5:00pm. Details: 1) For: Fourth Semester. Parallel: D Topics: a) Boosting energy efficiency b) Greening transportation c) Revving up renewable 2) For: Fourth Semester
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one‚ its huge production makes the profit the largest among these three. So after comparing these projects‚ I would make the recommendation for shale gas project. Which one of the three options is the most practical and economical? In my view‚ coal bed methane is the most practical and economical option. Among these three projects‚ tight sands gas has the best geological condition as in a remote area in West Taxes where fewer people live and it is least costly and has most profit per thousand
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FUELS & COMBUSTION CALCULATIONS Unit 5 Prabir Basu TYPES OF FUELS FOSSIL FUELS Solid fuels (COAL) Liquid fuels (OIL) Gaseous fuels (NATURAL GAS) NUCLEAR FUELS RENEWABLE FUELS (BIOMASS) WASTE FUELS (MUNICIPAL WASTES) SOLID FUELS PROPERTIES HEATING VALUE ULTIMATE ANALYSIS PROXIMATE ANALYSIS ASH DEFORMATION POINTS Initial deformation temp. Softening temp. Hemispherical temp Fluid temp. LIQUID FUELS PROPERTIES HEATING VALUE
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Executive Summary The objective of this report is to construct and evaluate two portfolios‚ index tracking portfolio and speculative capital growth portfolio both began their lives on 21st April 2008 and ended on 20th May 2008. The purpose of the former portfolio is to replicate the return on the ASX/S&P 500 New All Ordinaries price index and the latter one is formed aiming at outperforming the market and maximizing the capital gains. 11 stocks have been selected for the tracker portfolio.
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TURKISH ENERGY INDUSTRY REPORT AUGUST 2010 DECEMBER 2009 CONTENTS 1. 2. 2.1 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4 2.2 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.2.4 2.2.5 2.2.6 Executive Summary Sector Overview Global Sector Oil Natural Gas Coal Nuclear The Domestic Sector Sector Overview Electricity Oil and Gas Coal Nuclear Main Players 3 4 4 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 12 13 14 14 14 16 17 19 20 25 26 27 2.2.6.1 Electricity 2.2.6.2 Oil and Gas 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Sector Outlook SWOT Analysis Investment Opportunities Sector Establishments
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fuelled the industrial revolution‚ and it still generates half of the electricity in the U.S. Recent increases in electricity demand have led utilities across the nation to propose 150 new coal plants‚ which would commit the U.S. to coal generation as its dominant source of electricity for the next half century. Coal and utility corporations are among the largest and most politically influential in the U.S. Their obligations to shareholders lead them to deploy a massive network of public and political
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Mercury Capture Using Powdered Activated Carbon Environmental issues are one of the most important topics that are being dealt with today. Jacob Lowring manages to not only tackle the problem of mercury emissions from coal power plant‚ but to explain the research he has conducted with mercury capture in an exciting manner that even laymen can understand. Carbon has been used as a filter since before World War I‚ when it was used in gas masks. Additionally‚ it is used as a filter for water
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