Patrick Meehan Jeb Waldschmidt ENGL 102-05 3-26-05 Natural Gas and the Future of Energy Until recently natural gas was considered the dirty brother of oil. Natural gas was often stranded and left undeveloped‚ often wasting it. Oftentimes natural gas was considered unusable ’ and worthless ’ compared to oil. But now that the oil is running out a new light is being shown on natural gas. Today natural gas is very much in favor as a clean fossil fuel‚ especially for electricity
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of the earth. Various believe that a dramatically unsafe warming is taking place in the overall global environment‚ which is referred to as "global warming". According to World Almanac Books‚ (2000) it occurs when the earth temperature rises and greenhouse gases like (nitrous oxide‚ carbon dioxide‚ water vapor‚ and methane) trick light and heat from the sun in the atmosphere of earth‚ which rises the temperature. This harms a number of living things this is the reason why many lives are not able
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actions of humans. But this is not just a belief‚ this is a fact. Global warming‚ by definition‚ is a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth ’s atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect caused by increased levels of carbon dioxide‚ CFCs‚ and other pollutants. The greenhouse effect is the trapping of the sun ’s warmth in a planet ’s lower atmosphere due to the greater transparency of the atmosphere to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted from
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caused primarily by carbon dioxide from burning coal‚ oil and gas. Certain gases that trap heat are building up in Earth’s atmosphere. The primary culprit is carbon dioxide‚ released from burning coal‚ oil and natural gas in power plants‚ cars‚ factories‚ etc. (and to a lesser extent when forests are cleared). The second is methane‚ released from rice paddies‚ both ends of cows‚ rotting garbage in landfills‚ mining operations‚ and gas pipelines. Third are chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and similar chemicals
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BRETT LUCAS TRINITY COLLEGE L6 SCIENCE GEOGRAPHY CLIMATE CHANGE: NATURE OR NEGLIGENCE The climate of our world is changing‚ but why? There is a great debate going on in the scientific community on whether our current climate change crisis is a natural occurrence over millions of years – as what has happened on the planet of Mars – or this natural process is being accelerated by man’s negligence. But first we must establish what is climate change? Climate Change is a long-term shift in the
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problems in the 2008 Blacksmith Institute World’s Worst Polluted Places report.[1] Pollutants[edit] Main articles: Pollutant and Greenhouse gas Before flue-gas desulfurization was installed‚ the emissions from this power plant in New Mexico contained excessive amounts of sulfur dioxide. Schematic drawing‚ causes and effects of air pollution: (1) greenhouse effect‚ (2) particulate contamination‚ (3) increased UV radiation‚ (4) acid rain‚ (5) increased ground level ozone concentration‚ (6)
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that the prevailing methods of producing meat — that is‚ crowding animals together in factory farms‚ storing their waste in giant lagoons and cutting down forests to grow crops to feed them — cause substantial greenhouse gases” (Niman)‚ meaning that small farms and farms can cut down on greenhouse gases if‚ “they keep their animals outdoors on pasture and make little use of machinery.” (Niman) She points out‚ “In contrast to traditional farms‚ industrial livestock and poultry facilities keep animals
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by the use of fossil fuels‚ and industrial or agricultural processes. Man-made emissions are adding to the amount of carbon dioxide already being naturally released. These harmful processes have been leading to a large increase in the buildup of "greenhouse gases‚" which are carbon dioxide‚ methane‚ nitrous oxide‚ chlorofluorocarbons‚ and water vapors. Global warming is an extremely severe problem facing the world today. Its effects and causes have been on the rise and people need to do something about
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Although global temperatures fluctuate naturally‚ over the past 50 years the average global temperature has augmented at its fastest rate in recorded history. The emission of greenhouse gasses such as Carbon Dioxide (CO2)‚ Nitrous Oxide (N2O) and Methane (CH4) render the Earth’s atmosphere more transparent to visible radiation from the sun than to infrared radiation emitted and reflected from the planet’s surface (NASA Earth Observatory). With this extra heat trapped within the atmosphere‚ the temperature
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It is however argued that it is the consumer that initiates the production processes that ultimately cause environmental impacts. Therefore one can question “can a shift of environmental policy towards the consumer lead to greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions” (http://www.cicero.uio.no/). “’Almost everyone everywhere wants all the things they have heard about‚ seen‚ or experienced via the new technologies” (Levitt‚ T 1983) The demand for goods and services is constantly increasing and
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