main source to run on… Energy. There is several alternative methods on producing energy‚ some more efficient or safer than others. The most common and traditional source of energy in today’s world is coal power‚ but other alternatives do exist such as that of natural gas‚ solar‚ wind‚ hydroelectric and nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is the 3rd most common source of our energy. Nuclear energy was first introduced in 1954 in Russia with the first power plant. Nuclear energy provides about 20% of today’s
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the demand for energy has increased exponentially. As a result‚ the majority of this energy requirement is sufficed by the combustion of inexpensive fossil fuels. The burning of these fuels has led to further global warming‚ forcing society to seek other forms of clean‚ high-density energy. While renewable resources such as hydroelectric‚ solar‚ and wind energy are worthy substitutes‚ they are not yet ready to meet the world’s energy needs. Nuclear power is an attractive energy source‚ as it doesn’t
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beloved animals in the world. Sadly‚ there are only 1600 pandas left living in the wild. We never ask ourselves what’s the reason for their extinction‚ but we really want to save them no matter how is it going to reflect on people. The reason for their extinction is a habitat destruction‚ mostly caused by humans as the population of China increases. The animal world’s dilemma is should we save pandas or should we let them extinct? As most of you could think the answer isn’t obvious. Pandas are terrifically
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peoples reactions to it are very negative. Most people assume that we need meat for survival. That were designed to eat meat which is the furthest from the truth. While writing this I researched and asked my friends reason why I should or shouldn’t go vegan. I wanted to know if veganism was something that would truly benefit me and my life. I am beyond excited for what I found and my results. The most common things I saw for why you shouldn’t go vegan were‚ Vegan diets do not provide the correct
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The reading “The creation of history in ancient Israel” by Marc Zvi Brettler is about history‚ ancient texts‚ ideology and literature. There are several ways of defining the words ideology‚ history and literature. As mentioned in the article history can be designed to record events of the past as they actually occurred. Nevertheless‚ Collingwood believed that biblical texts shouldn’t be considered history. I believe that ancient texts are significantly important and that they should be considered
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Why Hillary Clinton Shouldn’t Be President Hillary Clinton was the first lady and the Secretary of State. In 2008 she tried to become a potential candidate for the president of the United States and she lost to former senator Barack Obama because as former senator Obama pointed out to Mrs.Clinton during one of their debates that she would be the type of opponent that Republicans would love to run against due to past political choices and her views on certain subjects. Currently she is campaigning
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Name Teacher Class Date ! Should We or Shouldn’t We Abolish the Death Penalty? The 2014 Boston Marathon is approaching quickly. Last year’s marathon‚ however‚ unfortunately had a different ending. Two bombs exploded near the finish line only seconds apart. The explosion claimed the lives of three; many others were injured that day‚ as well. According to Matt Smith‚ a columnist‚ the people to blame were two brothers: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev (par. 6). Dzhokahar has been
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Do you own a cell phone? Every year‚ millions of users are constantly in use of cell phones‚ most of them being under the age of fifteen. Some people think that it’s extremely important for kids to have cell phones in case of emergencies. Most of the kids in the world are using the cell phones to do bad things‚ while other kids are using the cell phones to do good things‚ such as calling their parents and playing educational games. Some kids even stay inside and don’t make any personal contact with
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Why Do We Need Solar Energy? With the world’s natural resources depleting rapidly‚ humans must find a way to compensate. This society has milked oil‚ coal‚ gasoline‚ lead‚ uranium‚ and many other of these reservoirs in our Earth for hundreds of years and much has been done. Asphalt was used for our roads and highways‚ coal was originally used for heat before there was oil‚ and even water was used as a form of electricity on many rural farms. Luckily‚ more companies around the world are waking
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Have you ever had to make a choice that could change your reputation? In this story‚ our beloved Kit had to make a choice such as this. Kit should not have saved Hannah for three reasons: it hurts her reputation‚ it could lead to Kit’s death‚ and Hannah was very odd. The first reason that Kit should not have saved Hannah is that it hurts her reputation. If she helped Hannah escape‚ she would be put on trial for witchcraft. This could result in her being brutally banished from Wethersfield‚ Connecticut
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