Recently‚ a client of mine bought real estate near Donald C. Cook Nuclear Generating Station‚ which is in Bridgman Michigan. Although‚ the property is six miles north of the nuclear power plant‚ the buyer decided that it was not an issue and bought the place. The property sits in a beautiful wooded area overlooking Lake Michigan with a cozy ranch‚ mile long driveway‚ and old hardwood trees. One would never notice there is a nuclear power plant down the street when sitting by the pond skipping stones
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geothermal heat‚ which may be naturally replenished. Renewable energy technologies range from solar power‚ wind power‚ hydroelectricity/micro hydro‚ biomass and biofuels for transportation. Solar energy is energy from the Sun in the form of radiated heat and light. Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into useful form‚ such as electricity‚ using wind turbines. Hydroelectricity is a form of hydropower‚ and is the most widely used form of renewable energy. Micro Hydro is a term used for hydroelectric
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this‚ it is unsustainable for the economy as 13 major cities were flooded and thousands of businesses need to find new premises and homes. To conclude‚ I think that the Three Gorges Dam is unsustainable. Although it produces a huge amount of hydroelectricity‚
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Describe and explain the changes that take place in the land use of the River Tees drainage basin The River Tees is located in North East England. Its source can be found in the moorland area of Cumbria‚ in the Pennine Hills which receives an average annual rainfall of 1200mm. The source is about 750m high up into the Pennines. The river’s mouth can be found in Teesbay‚ where it enters the North Sea. The source soon turns into a gentle stream‚ where the land is mainly used for sheep farming. The
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more than 50 bridges. Since 1900‚ more than 15 large dams and many smaller ones have been built in the Willamette’s drainage basin‚ and 13 of them are managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). The dams are used primarily to produce hydroelectricity‚ to store water for irrigation‚ and to divert water into deeper‚ narrower channels in order to prevent flooding. The river and
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The planet we live in has settled many facilities of living for us. These facilities work in special conditions and need specific prerequisite to continue their tasks. Otherwise there are many factors would stop our environment from working properly. One of the results of improper function of environment is global warming. Global warming leads nature to destruction. One way to prevent global warming is implementing green computing. Wikipedia defines green computing as this: "Green computing or green
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of the generation that causes one of the most amazing fish in the world to disappear. We must do something to rectify the problem before it is too late. In 1916 PacifiCorp put the first dam in the Klamath in order to provide the public with hydroelectricity (Boxal). When the Copco 1 Dam was constructed on the Klamath River in 1918‚ it permanently blocked access to more than 350 miles of salmon and steelhead habitat in the main stem of the upper Klamath and its tributaries (Karuk). Since then many
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How important is it to explore alternative forms of energy? Energy is the source of life. Energy that we gain from food helps us to survive. It implies that food is a source of energy for us. The vehicles that we use‚ the industries that manufacture different products are all dependant on some kind of energy source. The source may be electricity or fossil fuel but it is clear that everything needs an energy source to run. In the old days firewood was the energy source. After the invention of automobiles
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water/space heating‚ motor fuels‚ and rural (off-grid) energy services. About 16% of global final energy consumption presently comes from renewable resources‚ with 10% of all energy from traditional biomass‚ mainly used for heating‚ and 3.4% from hydroelectricity. New renewables (small hydro‚ modern biomass‚ wind‚ solar‚ geothermal‚ and biofuels) account for another 3% and are growing rapidly. At the national level‚ at least 30 nations around the world already have renewable energy contributing more than
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World War III‚ Global Warming “People tend to focus on the here and now. The problem is that‚ once global warming is something that most people can feel in the course of their daily lives‚ it will be too late to prevent much larger‚ potentially catastrophic changes‚” Elizabeth Kolbert. For decades our world has been changing slowly‚ and we have felt the wrath of global warming. Recent hurricanes such as Ike‚ Wilma‚ Katrina‚ Rita‚ and now Sandy have caused many casualties‚ billions of dollars in
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