Survey on Water Scarcity & Conservation Water is becoming a limited natural resource in the world. In an article published on National Geographic website about “Fresh Water Crisis” [1] it has mentioned that out of the 70% of water which is covering the earth‚ only 2.5% is suitable for drinking and just 1% of fresh water is easily accessible. In the same article the author talks about how people are wasting this limited resource. The growing scarcity of water is due to the rapid growth of
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SCI 110SC-CA02 Evaluating Global Warming Replacement of Fossil Fuels Fossil fuel is a natural fuel‚ such as coal or gas‚ formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms. Humans use fossil fuels every minute of each day in order to survive. Coal‚ oil‚ petrol gas‚ diesel fuel‚ and natural gas are all used from fossil fuels. That being said‚ we use it with some things such as‚ central heating and air conditioning‚ driving a car‚ shopping for groceries that were delivered by
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EFFECT OF FOSSIL FUELS ON THE ENVIRONMENT Fossil fuels are fuels formed by natural processes such as anaerobic decomposition of buried dead organisms. The age of the organisms and their resulting fossil fuels is typically millions of years‚ and sometimes exceeds 650 million years.[4] Fossil fuels contain high percentages of carbon and include coal‚petroleum‚ and natural gas.[5] They range from volatile materials with lowcarbon:hydrogen ratios like methane‚ to liquid petroleum to nonvolatile materials
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Introduction For over twenty-one years‚ fuel price in Malaysia has been fluctuating ever since. Back then‚ the cost of a litre of petrol was only RM0.89. The history of fuel price increment started since the year 1990 when petrol price increased to RM1.10. Today‚ the price of a litre of RON97 is retailed at RM2.40 while RON95 at RM1.90. Malaysia government is subsidizing fuel pump at around 40 sen per litre and had already spent up to RM56 billion by giving gasoline‚ diesel and gas subsidies each
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Man’s Dependence on Fossil Fuels Before the occurrence of the Industrial Revolution‚ fossil fuels were considered as temporary source of energy. They were only used to compensate for the lack of firewood and charcoal supplies that were the primary energy supplier back in the day. Although the first combustible fuel used widely which remained useful for a long period of time was wood. Advancement by both technological and social demanded a source that could provide a higher energy output. These sources
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21‚ 2009‚ from http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/waterpollution.htm Lenntech. (2009). Water Use FAQ – Frequently Asked Questions. Retrieved June 21‚ 2009‚ from http://www.lenntech.com/water-usage-FAQ.htm Utah State University. (2002). Water Conservation in the Home. Retrieved June 21‚ 2009‚ from http://sustainability.usu.edu/files/uploads/water%20conservation%20in%20the%20home.pdf World Bank. (n.d.). Water Resources Management. Retrieved June 21‚ 2009‚ from http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTWAT/0
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CheckPoint Conservation and Preservation Bryan Green SCI/275 April 20‚ 2012 Scott Rosecrans CheckPoint Conservation and Preservation The main distinction among the two points is conservation is utilizing an area’s supplies drawn upon at a sustainable proportion in array to gain from its resources and to additionally decrease environmental harms or changes. Preservation maintains natural uninhabited or inhabited only by wild animals‚ and relations and interactions between organisms and their
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Fossil Fuels Becoming Extinct Specific purpose: I will inform my audience of how alternate energy sources help protect the environment‚ different types of energy sources‚ and the most plausible alternate energy to be used in the future. Central idea: Alternate Energy sources are being developed to address not only the global effect of fossil fuels on the environment but the ever decreasing quantity of fossil fuels as well. INTRODUCTION I. Imagine you are on your way to the gas station
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The knowledge of how fossil fuels produce emissions and how it effects many things on many different issues is vague depending on where you inquire the information. We will focus on a few effective and opposing issues‚ in which fossil fuel emissions have had an effect on society in the United States. These issues begin with the fetal and child developmental stages‚ pollutants‚ and global weather changes. We will explore alternative advantages versus its disadvantages in society today. Due to
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Alternative Fuels This day in age‚ one of the world’s main concerns is energy. Currently‚ we rely on petroleum to run our cars‚ and household central heat‚ and electricity in our homes. Petroleum is not only limited‚ but it is also dirtying up the world’s air‚ and depleting the ozone layer as it is burned. Alternative fuels are one of the worlds most talked about issues‚ and many solutions have been brought forth‚ yet none of them have been sophisticatedly acted upon. Through the list of pros
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