there is an increase in diseases‚ infections and death that is caused by pollution. One such pollution is air pollution‚ which is the presence in the atmosphere of harmful gases‚ liquids‚ or solids. Today we live and work in a world driven by a fossil fueled economy. The cars and other forms of transport that we run on are primarily on gasoline derived from oil. Our homes and work places stay heated and cooled using electricity generated by utilities heavily dependent on coal. Many air pollution
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Feasibility of Residential Wind Turbines As Americans work to reduce fossil fuel dependence and look to more environmentally friendly energy sources‚ the use of wind energy technology has become the fastest growing segment of the energy market. The feasibility of residential wind turbines mainly comes down to wind resource‚ economic feasibility‚ and consumer acceptance. The use of residential wind turbines is certainly feasible in some areas‚ however; I do not believe they are feasible on a wide-scale
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Transportation is such a vital part of life in Western civilizations that there is no way to live without it. First world societies have glorified the use of fossil fuels and combustion engines which emit greenhouse gasses into the Earth’s atmosphere. In addition to the high amount of greenhouse gas emissions‚ humans are using up fossil fuels at an alarming rate. It is pivotal that humans find a to achieve sustainable‚ zero emission transportation. Convincing a population to switch over to zero emission
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It relates to the amount of greenhouse gases produced in our day-to-day lives through burning fossil fuels for things like electricity‚ heating and transportation. A carbon footprint is made up of the sum of two parts‚ the primary footprint and the secondary footprint. The primary footprint is a measure of our direct emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels. These fossil fuels are coal‚ oil and natural gas‚ they are all non-renewable and currently running out. Some estimates
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a gas which can be used to substitute fossil fuels. It is a process which enhances biomass’ usefulness as a renewable resource as the product gas (syngas) can easily be transported along existing gas pipelines‚ and can either be mixed with‚ or used as a replacement for natural gas combustion in gas turbines for power and heat generation. Syngas gas can also be used converted to various chemicals such as ethanol‚ hydrogen‚ methanol and Fischer-Tropsch fuels. There are currently various technologies
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tablet etc. We never really care about where the energy came from and are we wasting it? Main energy source is fossil fuels including coal‚ oil and natural gas. Many of us are uninformed about this main source of energy and how much we can take from the world. We barely know how much the world spent fossil fuels yearly to fulfill our electricity needs. The main problem here is fossil fuels are un-renewable. It takes millions of years for them to be formed and ready to use. Based on a high energies
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statement: “Human activity‚ especially the burning of fossil fuels. It also answers inquiries of; is it a major contributor to climate change? Do I agree or disagree? From my research and readings‚ I‘ve concluded that‚ the foremost effect that burning fossil fuels has on our environment is the greenhouse effect‚ also known as global warming. Carbon dioxide‚ which is also known as greenhouse gas is released during combustion of fossil fuels and is the cause of this catastrophe. But yet‚ other
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can help reduce the price of economic costs of some necessary utilities. Solar energy is a substitute and also an opportunity cost for the energy we use now‚ called fossil fuels. There are many benefits to switching from fossil fuels to solar energy. Solar energy can help lower the cost of the energy we use now by burning fossil fuels‚ changing the supply and demand of the product. Also‚ it can help the pollution that is causing further health and economic problems. Since there are many benefits
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any critic of global warming‚ climate-change‚ or a need for a new fuel source may attack this idea as overstatement; this apocalyptic image may not be overshooting it by that much. If we refuse to dispel this illusion – then we are increasing our susceptibility for this to occur. Before we begin to pose possible solutions to advert this catastrophe‚ we must fully comprehend the problem and all it entails. PART ONE: Fossil Fuels‚ The Problem and America’s Dependency There’s no question that
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS BIODIVERSITY LOSS Biodiversity - refers to the number and size of populations in a community; variability of species in an area In general‚ there are three categorical levels of biodiversity: 1. Genetic biodiversity - involves populations‚ individuals‚ chromosomes‚ genes and nucleotides 2. Taxonomic biodiversity - include kingdoms‚ phyla‚ orders‚ families‚ genera‚ species‚ subspecies and populations - for practical reasons‚
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